| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The 'Burbs | $7,344,780 | $6,024,480 | 82% | $1,320,300 | 18% | 1,956 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Rain Man | $6,064,474 | $4,711,275 | 77.7% | $1,353,199 | 22.3% | 1,590 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $5,685,867 | $4,658,485 | 81.9% | $1,027,382 | 18.1% | 1,228 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Dangerous Liaisons | $3,791,545 | $2,840,201 | 74.9% | $951,344 | 25.1% | 762 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Three Fugitives | $3,493,504 | $2,739,598 | 78.4% | $753,906 | 21.6% | 1,354 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Beaches | $3,088,462 | $2,311,569 | 74.8% | $776,893 | 25.2% | 1,057 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Cousins | $3,008,735 | $2,254,047 | 74.9% | $754,688 | 25.1% | 747 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Fly II | $2,678,749 | $2,058,775 | 76.9% | $619,974 | 23.1% | 1,310 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Working Girl | $2,476,972 | $1,855,016 | 74.9% | $621,956 | 25.1% | 963 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | True Believer | $2,349,003 | $1,809,561 | 77% | $539,442 | 23% | 895 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Mississippi Burning | $2,118,368 | $1,530,823 | 72.3% | $587,545 | 27.7% | 1,125 | 12 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Twins | $1,955,275 | $1,518,300 | 77.6% | $436,975 | 22.4% | 1,135 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Her Alibi | $1,604,037 | $1,263,248 | 78.8% | $340,789 | 21.2% | 960 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Tap | $1,513,471 | $1,136,690 | 75.1% | $376,781 | 24.9% | 577 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | $60,659 | $40,498 | 66.8% | $20,161 | 33.2% | 23 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | High Hopes | $41,947 | $27,964 | 66.7% | $13,983 | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Powwow Highway | $14,523 | $10,627 | 73.2% | $3,896 | 26.8% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Toxic Avenger Part II | - | $28,950 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Troma | - | false |
| - | Who's Harry Crumb? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Accidental Tourist | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Mighty Quinn | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | - | $222,252 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
