| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fatal Attraction | $10,554,336 | - | 1,321 | - | $7,989 | $45,422,863 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Like Father Like Son | $6,081,600 | - | 1,267 | - | $4,800 | $14,777,092 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | The Princess Bride | $4,480,140 | - | 622 | - | $7,202 | $5,065,954 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | - | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,908,796 | - | 892 | - | $3,260 | $2,908,796 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Surrender | $2,256,557 | - | 1,067 | - | $2,114 | $2,256,557 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | - | Dirty Dancing | $2,021,673 | - | 978 | - | $2,067 | $32,631,532 | - | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | The Principal | $1,851,200 | - | 1,157 | - | $1,600 | $15,238,487 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Stakeout | $1,686,809 | - | 1,115 | - | $1,512 | $58,889,570 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Three O'Clock High | $1,506,975 | - | 849 | - | $1,775 | $1,506,975 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | Baby Boom | $1,357,413 | - | 195 | - | $6,961 | $1,357,413 | - | United Artists | - | false |
| 11 | - | La Bamba | $1,029,281 | - | 742 | - | $1,387 | $51,775,027 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Hellraiser | $988,098 | - | 892 | - | $1,107 | $12,206,443 | - | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Near Dark | $985,503 | - | 429 | - | $2,297 | $1,812,891 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 14 | - | Man on Fire | $258,812 | - | 178 | - | $1,454 | $258,812 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Dancers | $36,112 | - | 12 | - | $3,009 | $36,112 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
