| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pet Sematary | $16,044,309 | $12,046,179 | 75.1% | $3,998,130 | 24.9% | 1,585 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Major League | $6,608,959 | $5,231,854 | 79.2% | $1,377,105 | 20.8% | 1,615 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Say Anything | $4,629,069 | $3,804,407 | 82.2% | $824,662 | 17.8% | 1,113 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Dream Team | $4,121,740 | $3,238,980 | 78.6% | $882,760 | 21.4% | 1,459 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Rain Man | $3,125,775 | $2,377,533 | 76.1% | $748,242 | 23.9% | 1,391 | 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Red Scorpion | $2,677,722 | $1,972,994 | 73.7% | $704,728 | 26.3% | 1,268 | 1 | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment | - | false |
| 7 | She's Out of Control | $2,677,536 | $2,216,976 | 82.8% | $460,560 | 17.2% | 987 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | See You in the Morning | $2,368,073 | $1,832,536 | 77.4% | $535,537 | 22.6% | 743 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Disorganized Crime | $2,127,381 | $1,617,125 | 76% | $510,256 | 24% | 1,462 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Speed Zone | $1,797,445 | $1,475,494 | 82.1% | $321,951 | 17.9% | 1,195 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Fletch Lives | $1,092,117 | $861,000 | 78.8% | $231,117 | 21.2% | 1,025 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Dead Calm | $1,035,545 | $768,044 | 74.2% | $267,501 | 25.8% | 537 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Field of Dreams | $790,569 | $531,346 | 67.2% | $259,223 | 32.8% | 22 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Dangerous Liaisons | $711,995 | - | - | - | - | 540 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $475,442 | $310,652 | 65.3% | $164,790 | 34.7% | 111 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Twins | $331,500 | $265,200 | 80% | $66,300 | 20% | 390 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Heathers | $200,275 | $140,679 | 70.2% | $59,596 | 29.8% | 31 | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Checking Out | $18,647 | $12,730 | 68.3% | $5,917 | 31.7% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Working Girl | - | - | - | - | - | 421 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | - | - | 311 | 20 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Under the Boardwalk | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Rescuers 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lean on Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Princess Academy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| - | Cyborg | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Winter People | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Teen Witch | - | $3,875 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
