| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pet Sematary | $10,852,419 | $8,380,098 | 77.2% | $2,472,321 | 22.8% | 1,585 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | K-9 | $9,825,360 | $7,471,035 | 76% | $2,354,325 | 24% | 1,677 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Major League | $5,254,461 | $4,125,768 | 78.5% | $1,128,693 | 21.5% | 1,615 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Criminal Law | $3,452,878 | $2,636,091 | 76.3% | $816,787 | 23.7% | 1,166 | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 5 | Say Anything | $2,967,621 | $2,291,334 | 77.2% | $676,287 | 22.8% | 1,056 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Dream Team | $2,886,500 | $2,293,200 | 79.4% | $593,300 | 20.6% | 1,365 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Rain Man | $2,318,185 | $1,729,486 | 74.6% | $588,699 | 25.4% | 1,221 | 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Field of Dreams | $2,144,873 | $1,577,431 | 73.5% | $567,442 | 26.5% | 110 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Loverboy | $2,089,791 | $1,653,102 | 79.1% | $436,689 | 20.9% | 1,089 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | She's Out of Control | $1,589,576 | $1,313,611 | 82.6% | $275,965 | 17.4% | 961 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Red Scorpion | $1,514,718 | $832,004 | 54.9% | $682,714 | 45.1% | 969 | 2 | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | See You in the Morning | $1,299,517 | $980,067 | 75.4% | $319,450 | 24.6% | 740 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | House III: The Horror Show | $963,987 | $773,348 | 80.2% | $190,639 | 19.8% | 444 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Scandal | $871,558 | $658,660 | 75.6% | $212,898 | 24.4% | 94 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 15 | Dangerous Liaisons | $520,775 | $349,856 | 67.2% | $170,919 | 32.8% | 356 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Working Girl | $466,806 | $326,764 | 70% | $140,042 | 30% | 361 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $408,318 | $291,607 | 71.4% | $116,711 | 28.6% | 106 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Mississippi Burning | $235,055 | $151,463 | 64.4% | $83,592 | 35.6% | 231 | 21 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Heathers | $121,752 | $121,752 | 100% | $0 | - | 33 | 5 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Miss Firecracker | $67,734 | $45,293 | 66.9% | $22,441 | 33.1% | 6 | 1 | Corsair Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dead Calm | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Disorganized Crime | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Speed Zone | - | $561,770 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fletch Lives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
