| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Look Who's Talking | $14,766,043 | $11,457,810 | 77.6% | $3,308,233 | 22.4% | 1,644 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Bear | $6,603,356 | $5,069,295 | 76.8% | $1,534,061 | 23.2% | 1,042 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Shocker | $4,331,655 | $3,356,650 | 77.5% | $975,005 | 22.5% | 1,795 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | $3,476,179 | $2,644,424 | 76.1% | $831,755 | 23.9% | 440 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Second Sight | $2,746,282 | $2,156,742 | 78.5% | $589,540 | 21.5% | 815 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Next of Kin | $2,592,544 | $1,965,322 | 75.8% | $627,222 | 24.2% | 1,197 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Phantom of the Opera | $2,450,718 | $2,050,000 | 83.6% | $400,718 | 16.4% | 1,468 | 1 | 21st Century Film France | - | false |
| 8 | Sea of Love | $2,366,340 | $1,765,320 | 74.6% | $601,020 | 25.4% | 1,128 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Gross Anatomy | $2,198,411 | $1,672,613 | 76.1% | $525,798 | 23.9% | 1,038 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | $2,168,304 | $1,619,875 | 74.7% | $548,429 | 25.3% | 742 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Black Rain | $2,098,939 | $1,565,656 | 74.6% | $533,283 | 25.4% | 901 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Immediate Family | $1,771,036 | $1,320,861 | 74.6% | $450,175 | 25.4% | 836 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Parenthood | $1,241,550 | $966,600 | 77.8% | $274,950 | 22.2% | 846 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Dad | $1,042,909 | $714,225 | 68.5% | $328,684 | 31.5% | 107 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Batman | $1,032,320 | $826,415 | 80% | $205,905 | 20% | 628 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | After Midnight | $76,325 | $59,260 | 77.6% | $17,065 | 22.4% | 224 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 17 | For All Mankind | $49,442 | $33,777 | 68.3% | $15,665 | 31.7% | 6 | 2 | Apollo Associates | - | false |
| 18 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | $21,569 | $15,872 | 73.6% | $5,697 | 26.4% | 5 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Henry V | $13,092 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Animal Behavior | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| - | Manon of the Spring | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Worth Winning | - | $990,717 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Race for Glory | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | New Century | - | false |
| - | An Innocent Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
