| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $8,103,282 | -38.3% | 1,804 | - | $4,491 | $94,709,861 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Broadcast News | $4,301,846 | -27.2% | 681 | - | $6,316 | $22,374,949 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $3,932,759 | -38.9% | 1,488 | -6 | $2,642 | $39,136,802 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Throw Momma from the Train | $3,721,187 | -46.1% | 1,623 | +2 | $2,292 | $42,747,260 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | *batteries not included | $2,833,330 | -41.5% | 1,346 | -21 | $2,105 | $23,121,259 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Wall Street | $2,817,932 | -36.7% | 988 | -1 | $2,852 | $26,643,104 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $2,659,500 | -33.9% | 1,571 | -113 | $1,692 | $42,783,481 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Overboard | $2,648,634 | -32.5% | 1,135 | +8 | $2,333 | $16,882,934 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Fatal Attraction | $2,636,803 | -22.8% | 1,273 | -15 | $2,071 | $133,029,549 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Empire of the Sun | $1,822,927 | -42.7% | 673 | - | $2,708 | $14,574,930 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Nuts | $1,417,944 | -33.3% | 1,007 | -105 | $1,408 | $27,001,246 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Dirty Dancing | $991,137 | -22.4% | 809 | -46 | $1,225 | $57,288,167 | 21 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | The Last Emperor | $870,051 | -22.6% | 92 | -2 | $9,457 | $6,851,657 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 18 | Moonstruck | $236,123 | +8.6% | 8 | +1 | $29,515 | $1,182,251 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $184,015 | -16.8% | 4 | - | $46,003 | $976,723 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
