| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Abyss | $17,532,302 | $9,319,797 | 53.2% | $8,212,505 | 46.8% | 1,533 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Parenthood | $15,002,350 | $9,672,350 | 64.5% | $5,330,000 | 35.5% | 1,300 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | $11,104,112 | $8,115,176 | 73.1% | $2,988,936 | 26.9% | 1,902 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Turner & Hooch | $9,841,796 | $6,337,422 | 64.4% | $3,504,374 | 35.6% | 1,888 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | When Harry Met Sally... | $9,400,336 | $6,197,100 | 65.9% | $3,203,236 | 34.1% | 1,171 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $9,027,632 | $6,071,683 | 67.3% | $2,955,949 | 32.7% | 1,830 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Batman | $7,731,172 | $5,026,358 | 65% | $2,704,814 | 35% | 1,777 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $5,330,153 | $3,326,711 | 62.4% | $2,003,442 | 37.6% | 1,451 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Lock Up | $4,948,347 | $3,342,360 | 67.5% | $1,605,987 | 32.5% | 1,384 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Young Einstein | $3,272,365 | $2,051,886 | 62.7% | $1,220,479 | 37.3% | 1,217 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Dead Poets Society | $2,663,423 | $1,777,013 | 66.7% | $886,410 | 33.3% | 846 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $2,450,846 | $1,630,874 | 66.5% | $819,972 | 33.5% | 853 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Peter Pan 1989 Re-release | $1,880,825 | $1,128,066 | 60% | $752,759 | 40% | 1,004 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Licence to Kill | $1,872,028 | $1,243,624 | 66.4% | $628,404 | 33.6% | 850 | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| 15 | Ghostbusters II | $1,668,863 | $1,065,431 | 63.8% | $603,432 | 36.2% | 831 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $1,019,460 | $602,760 | 59.1% | $416,700 | 40.9% | 28 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Do the Right Thing | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Time Guardian | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | Me and Him | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
