| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The 'Burbs | $12,886,362 | - | - | - | - | 1,952 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Rain Man | $7,964,753 | - | - | - | - | 1,590 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $7,292,976 | - | - | - | - | 1,196 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Three Fugitives | $5,408,307 | - | - | - | - | 1,374 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Fly II | $5,040,359 | - | - | - | - | 1,528 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Beaches | $4,475,710 | - | - | - | - | 1,072 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Cousins | $4,190,954 | - | - | - | - | 720 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Dangerous Liaisons | $3,668,859 | - | - | - | - | 347 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | True Believer | $3,604,976 | - | - | - | - | 897 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Working Girl | $3,214,758 | - | - | - | - | 825 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Twins | $2,890,915 | $2,103,520 | 72.8% | $787,395 | 27.2% | 1,215 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Mississippi Burning | $2,850,093 | - | - | - | - | 1,134 | 11 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Her Alibi | $2,840,897 | - | - | - | - | 1,136 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Tap | $2,509,425 | - | - | - | - | 587 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Mighty Quinn | $1,626,919 | - | - | - | - | 234 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Who's Harry Crumb? | $1,231,712 | - | - | - | - | 976 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Accidental Tourist | $1,216,770 | - | - | - | - | 477 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Paperhouse | $8,540 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bird | - | - | - | - | - | 93 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Square Dance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Boyfriends and Girlfriends | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | Orion Classics | - | false |
