| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Batman | $52,266,312 | $30,075,189 | 57.5% | $22,191,123 | 42.5% | 2,201 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $24,889,733 | $13,102,818 | 52.6% | $11,786,915 | 47.4% | 1,431 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Karate Kid Part III | $16,708,937 | $10,364,544 | 62% | $6,344,393 | 38% | 1,560 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Ghostbusters II | $15,416,941 | $8,808,778 | 57.1% | $6,608,163 | 42.9% | 2,410 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $13,025,501 | $7,088,465 | 54.4% | $5,937,036 | 45.6% | 2,103 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Dead Poets Society | $11,940,510 | $6,708,768 | 56.2% | $5,231,742 | 43.8% | 1,109 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Great Balls of Fire! | $6,280,086 | $3,807,986 | 60.6% | $2,472,100 | 39.4% | 1,417 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Do the Right Thing | $5,931,085 | $3,563,535 | 60.1% | $2,367,550 | 39.9% | 353 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | $4,360,001 | $2,468,130 | 56.6% | $1,891,871 | 43.4% | 1,679 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Field of Dreams | $3,271,020 | $1,804,800 | 55.2% | $1,466,220 | 44.8% | 940 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | $1,543,540 | $880,470 | 57% | $663,070 | 43% | 1,087 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Twins | $1,347,406 | $27,755 | 2.1% | $1,319,651 | 97.9% | 61 | 30 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Road House | $893,041 | $534,226 | 59.8% | $358,815 | 40.2% | 700 | 7 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Vampire's Kiss | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 5 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | Pet Sematary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | No Holds Barred | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | K-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
