| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lean on Me | $5,868,188 | $4,579,440 | 78% | $1,288,748 | 22% | 991 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Skin Deep | $5,178,308 | $3,916,696 | 75.6% | $1,261,612 | 24.4% | 1,062 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | $4,901,971 | $4,032,480 | 82.3% | $869,491 | 17.7% | 1,627 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Chances Are | $4,681,301 | $3,664,386 | 78.3% | $1,016,915 | 21.7% | 837 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Rain Man | $4,409,681 | $3,140,587 | 71.2% | $1,269,094 | 28.8% | 1,571 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $4,234,596 | $3,351,941 | 79.2% | $882,655 | 20.8% | 1,314 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The 'Burbs | $3,322,875 | $2,607,750 | 78.5% | $715,125 | 21.5% | 1,710 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | New York Stories | $3,222,366 | $2,410,107 | 74.8% | $812,259 | 25.2% | 511 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dangerous Liaisons | $2,311,167 | $1,675,305 | 72.5% | $635,862 | 27.5% | 762 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Cousins | $2,100,277 | $1,575,000 | 75% | $525,277 | 25% | 708 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Three Fugitives | $2,040,979 | $1,551,935 | 76% | $489,044 | 24% | 1,093 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Beaches | $1,861,005 | $1,333,638 | 71.7% | $527,367 | 28.3% | 859 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Working Girl | $1,609,416 | $1,174,720 | 73% | $434,696 | 27% | 831 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Dream a Little Dream | $1,489,774 | $1,246,236 | 83.6% | $243,538 | 16.4% | 963 | 2 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Twins | $1,356,400 | $1,008,110 | 74.3% | $348,290 | 25.7% | 872 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $802,488 | $597,400 | 74.4% | $205,088 | 25.6% | 46 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Jacknife | $49,702 | $32,597 | 65.6% | $17,105 | 34.4% | 2 | 1 | Cineplex Odeon Films | - | false |
| 18 | Hanussen | $23,961 | $15,504 | 64.7% | $8,457 | 35.3% | 2 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Under the Sun of Satan | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | Alive Films | - | false |
| - | Out Cold | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | Farewell to the King | - | $434,652 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | True Believer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Fly II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
