| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Look Who's Talking | $14,267,527 | $11,556,750 | 81% | $2,710,777 | 19% | 1,622 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Shocker | $5,925,295 | $4,510,990 | 76.1% | $1,414,305 | 23.9% | 1,783 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Bear | $4,860,066 | $3,676,530 | 75.6% | $1,183,536 | 24.4% | 858 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Next of Kin | $3,504,289 | $2,647,377 | 75.6% | $856,912 | 24.4% | 1,358 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Sea of Love | $2,419,200 | $1,843,200 | 76.2% | $576,000 | 23.8% | 1,152 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Black Rain | $2,363,210 | $1,752,800 | 74.2% | $610,410 | 25.8% | 1,202 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | $2,342,228 | $1,730,632 | 73.9% | $611,596 | 26.1% | 782 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Gross Anatomy | $2,256,029 | $1,742,044 | 77.2% | $513,985 | 22.8% | 1,080 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Immediate Family | $2,184,328 | $1,675,344 | 76.7% | $508,984 | 23.3% | 836 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Worth Winning | $1,980,445 | $1,492,610 | 75.4% | $487,835 | 24.6% | 1,260 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | An Innocent Man | $1,478,529 | $1,114,003 | 75.4% | $364,526 | 24.6% | 995 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Batman | $1,143,386 | $804,918 | 70.4% | $338,468 | 29.6% | 690 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Parenthood | $1,021,410 | $824,985 | 80.8% | $196,425 | 19.2% | 873 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | $1,019,699 | $735,263 | 72.1% | $284,436 | 27.9% | 69 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | $977,119 | $977,119 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,076 | 3 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Dad | $759,181 | $540,148 | 71.2% | $219,033 | 28.8% | 107 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Animal Behavior | $33,935 | $20,361 | 60% | $13,574 | 40% | 24 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 18 | For All Mankind | $4,733 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Apollo Associates | - | false |
| - | When Harry Met Sally... | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gaby: A True Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Kill Me Again | - | $66,013 | - | - | - | - | 1 | InterStar Releasing | - | false |
| - | My Little Girl | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Hemdale | - | false |
| - | Fat Man and Little Boy | - | $728,640 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Uncle Buck | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | When the Whales Came | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Dark Eyes | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Island Pictures | - | false |
