| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $10,806,276 | -8.1% | 1,194 | +409 | $9,050 | $28,624,688 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $6,036,498 | -24.3% | 1,813 | - | $3,329 | $113,764,754 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Moonstruck | $4,801,681 | -5.3% | 635 | - | $7,561 | $13,362,551 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | For Keeps? | $2,870,168 | -40.7% | 959 | +37 | $2,992 | $8,933,967 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Broadcast News | $2,601,659 | -26.7% | 773 | +25 | $3,365 | $31,199,421 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Braddock: Missing in Action III | $2,208,116 | - | 1,040 | - | $2,123 | $2,208,116 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 7 | 8 | Throw Momma from the Train | $2,105,624 | -25.2% | 1,440 | -95 | $1,462 | $49,736,471 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Couch Trip | $2,089,062 | -37.7% | 1,331 | -1 | $1,569 | $6,594,950 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Return of the Living Dead II | $1,833,879 | -49.7% | 1,452 | -15 | $1,263 | $6,410,553 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Fatal Attraction | $1,766,311 | -13.8% | 1,021 | -33 | $1,729 | $138,565,546 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $1,723,972 | -37.5% | 1,053 | -168 | $1,637 | $45,863,971 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Wall Street | $1,543,464 | -26.6% | 883 | -84 | $1,747 | $32,069,634 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | *batteries not included | $1,218,060 | -34.3% | 1,073 | -149 | $1,135 | $27,571,084 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Overboard | $1,176,481 | -20.8% | 1,107 | +111 | $1,062 | $20,835,381 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $919,122 | -35.3% | 898 | -183 | $1,023 | $46,444,520 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Empire of the Sun | $770,000 | -27.6% | 409 | -119 | $1,882 | $17,398,531 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Last Emperor | $678,798 | +0.2% | 108 | +17 | $6,285 | $8,778,734 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Five Corners | $78,602 | - | 12 | - | $6,550 | $78,602 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 19 | - | The Telephone | $54,811 | - | 50 | - | $1,096 | $54,811 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | Promised Land | $31,401 | - | 6 | - | $5,233 | $31,401 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | The Family | $10,590 | - | 1 | - | $10,590 | $10,590 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | - | King Lear | $8,756 | - | 1 | - | $8,756 | $8,756 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
