| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Major League | $11,386,074 | $8,836,265 | 77.6% | $2,549,809 | 22.4% | 1,541 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Dream Team | $7,244,580 | $5,704,860 | 78.8% | $1,539,720 | 21.2% | 1,316 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Rain Man | $5,271,879 | $4,114,304 | 78% | $1,157,575 | 22% | 1,580 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Cyborg | $4,078,188 | $3,179,811 | 78% | $898,377 | 22% | 830 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 5 | Dead Calm | $3,332,086 | $2,463,551 | 73.9% | $868,535 | 26.1% | 959 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Fletch Lives | $3,233,210 | $2,607,360 | 80.6% | $625,850 | 19.4% | 1,473 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Rescuers 1989 Re-release | $2,103,606 | $1,714,636 | 81.5% | $388,970 | 18.5% | 1,463 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Lean on Me | $1,880,794 | $1,539,221 | 81.8% | $341,573 | 18.2% | 904 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $1,755,759 | $1,405,830 | 80.1% | $349,929 | 19.9% | 1,201 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Dangerous Liaisons | $1,500,867 | $1,111,982 | 74.1% | $388,885 | 25.9% | 713 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Chances Are | $1,242,479 | $947,852 | 76.3% | $294,627 | 23.7% | 901 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Troop Beverly Hills | $1,221,921 | $977,925 | 80% | $243,996 | 20% | 958 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $718,719 | $532,266 | 74.1% | $186,453 | 25.9% | 106 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Twins | $699,010 | $520,720 | 74.5% | $178,290 | 25.5% | 566 | 18 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Heathers | $181,557 | $123,569 | 68.1% | $57,988 | 31.9% | 26 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Wuthering Heights | $20,199 | $15,493 | 76.7% | $4,706 | 23.3% | 1 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Jacknife | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | 5 | Cineplex Odeon Films | - | false |
| - | Slaves of New York | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Leviathan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Paperhouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dead Bang | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Three for the Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New Century | - | false |
| - | Sing | - | $466,755 | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Skin Deep | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
