| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Black Rain | $8,564,334 | $6,503,065 | 75.9% | $2,061,269 | 24.1% | 1,610 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Sea of Love | $7,928,455 | $6,158,565 | 77.7% | $1,769,890 | 22.3% | 1,323 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Johnny Handsome | $3,269,584 | $2,437,642 | 74.6% | $831,942 | 25.4% | 812 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Uncle Buck | $3,251,115 | $2,701,800 | 83.1% | $549,315 | 16.9% | 1,710 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Parenthood | $3,211,931 | $2,629,600 | 81.9% | $582,331 | 18.1% | 1,366 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | When Harry Met Sally... | $2,550,173 | $1,961,676 | 76.9% | $588,497 | 23.1% | 1,162 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | $1,895,490 | $1,368,443 | 72.2% | $527,047 | 27.8% | 534 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 8 | Lethal Weapon 2 | $1,614,188 | $1,227,039 | 76% | $387,149 | 24% | 1,131 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Turner & Hooch | $1,602,615 | $1,314,747 | 82% | $287,868 | 18% | 1,062 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Abyss | $1,547,534 | $1,206,035 | 77.9% | $341,499 | 22.1% | 1,192 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Ghostbusters II | $1,317,571 | $253,869 | 19.3% | $1,063,702 | 80.7% | 388 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Kickboxer | $1,295,199 | $1,001,101 | 77.3% | $294,098 | 22.7% | 836 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 13 | Batman | $1,126,680 | $877,891 | 77.9% | $248,789 | 22.1% | 783 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $1,025,397 | $825,503 | 80.5% | $199,894 | 19.5% | 833 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Heavy Petting | $39,394 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | $14,965 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | In Country | - | $1,369,762 | - | - | - | 606 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Romero | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 6 | Four Square | - | false |
| - | The Big Picture | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
