| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Look Who's Talking | $13,702,350 | $11,409,873 | 83.3% | $2,292,477 | 16.7% | 1,641 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Dad | $5,839,160 | $4,504,020 | 77.1% | $1,335,140 | 22.9% | 1,108 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Bear | $5,823,300 | $4,793,250 | 82.3% | $1,030,050 | 17.7% | 1,050 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Shocker | $2,900,580 | $2,358,320 | 81.3% | $542,260 | 18.7% | 1,438 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | $2,617,302 | $2,066,597 | 79% | $550,705 | 21% | 441 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Staying Together | $2,500,278 | $2,020,777 | 80.8% | $479,501 | 19.2% | 1,045 | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 7 | Sea of Love | $1,839,440 | $1,420,250 | 77.2% | $419,190 | 22.8% | 950 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Next of Kin | $1,805,006 | $1,412,532 | 78.3% | $392,474 | 21.7% | 1,118 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Black Rain | $1,804,777 | $1,401,320 | 77.6% | $403,457 | 22.4% | 747 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Second Sight | $1,776,164 | $1,478,598 | 83.2% | $297,566 | 16.8% | 805 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Gross Anatomy | $1,689,195 | $1,353,392 | 80.1% | $335,803 | 19.9% | 968 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | $1,662,801 | $1,286,361 | 77.4% | $376,440 | 22.6% | 663 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Phantom of the Opera | $1,364,181 | $1,050,419 | 77% | $313,762 | 23% | 1,078 | 2 | 21st Century Film France | - | false |
| 14 | Best of the Best | $1,200,000 | $990,000 | 82.5% | $210,000 | 17.5% | 600 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | - | false |
| 15 | Parenthood | $1,115,440 | $847,600 | 76% | $267,840 | 24% | 768 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Communion | $1,065,063 | $822,123 | 77.2% | $242,940 | 22.8% | 240 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 17 | Batman | $610,755 | $503,585 | 82.4% | $107,170 | 17.6% | 522 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Crack House | $278,945 | $210,162 | 75.3% | $68,783 | 24.7% | 67 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 19 | Henry V | $96,412 | $64,933 | 67.4% | $31,479 | 32.6% | 3 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 20 | My Left Foot | $65,732 | $41,165 | 62.6% | $24,567 | 37.4% | 2 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 21 | Survival Quest | $41,483 | $29,453 | 71% | $12,030 | 29% | 168 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Erik the Viking | - | - | - | - | - | 269 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Immediate Family | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | - | $52,080 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Troma | - | false |
| - | Ten Little Indians | - | $43,436 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Bloodhounds of Broadway | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
