| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Gorillas in the Mist | $4,614,662 | $3,451,230 | 74.8% | $1,163,432 | 25.2% | 558 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,679,110 | $2,051,278 | 76.6% | $627,832 | 23.4% | 1,122 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Heartbreak Hotel | $2,590,822 | $2,063,546 | 79.6% | $527,276 | 20.4% | 1,338 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Die Hard | $2,520,487 | $2,015,246 | 80% | $505,241 | 20% | 1,213 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Crossing Delancey | $2,392,853 | $1,837,058 | 76.8% | $555,795 | 23.2% | 285 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Dead Ringers | $2,311,871 | $2,036,547 | 88.1% | $275,324 | 11.9% | 1,048 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $2,067,758 | $1,660,041 | 80.3% | $407,717 | 19.7% | 627 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Cocktail | $2,033,729 | $1,544,661 | 76% | $489,068 | 24% | 1,187 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,966,377 | $1,543,344 | 78.5% | $423,033 | 21.5% | 1,264 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Young Guns | $1,722,140 | $1,286,722 | 74.7% | $435,418 | 25.3% | 1,225 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $1,588,251 | $1,193,251 | 75.1% | $395,000 | 24.9% | 990 | 7 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Betrayed | $1,438,937 | $1,074,207 | 74.6% | $364,730 | 25.4% | 944 | 6 | United Artists | - | false |
| 13 | Big | $1,438,149 | $1,135,509 | 79% | $302,640 | 21% | 885 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Kansas | $707,077 | $611,250 | 86.4% | $95,827 | 13.6% | 762 | 2 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| 15 | Running on Empty | $580,609 | $454,164 | 78.2% | $126,445 | 21.8% | 128 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $529,740 | $377,593 | 71.3% | $152,147 | 28.7% | 123 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Punchline | $239,715 | $160,742 | 67.1% | $78,973 | 32.9% | 4 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Bird | $42,800 | $27,116 | 63.4% | $15,684 | 36.6% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | A World Apart | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 16 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Married to the Mob | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Moon Over Parador | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Eight Men Out | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Coming to America | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Year My Voice Broke | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | Patty Hearst | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Mr. North | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Sweet Hearts Dance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
