| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Good Morning, Vietnam | $6,883,781 | - | 1,598 | - | $4,307 | $71,489,494 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Shoot to Kill | $4,847,476 | - | 1,519 | - | $3,191 | $11,933,685 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Moonstruck | $4,738,329 | - | 1,168 | - | $4,056 | $36,554,875 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | - | Action Jackson | $3,610,062 | - | 1,249 | - | $2,890 | $10,063,545 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Three Men and a Baby | $3,538,287 | - | 1,689 | - | $2,094 | $136,583,291 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $2,307,065 | - | 1,211 | - | $1,905 | $14,553,592 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | She's Having a Baby | $2,105,254 | - | 1,113 | - | $1,891 | $10,557,727 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Satisfaction | $1,794,636 | - | 1,018 | - | $1,762 | $5,110,975 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Last Emperor | $1,710,481 | - | 375 | - | $4,561 | $16,008,433 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Broadcast News | $1,647,772 | - | 798 | - | $2,064 | $40,671,744 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | - | Ironweed | $1,399,655 | - | 600 | - | $2,332 | $4,536,774 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Fatal Attraction | $1,328,606 | - | 928 | - | $1,431 | $145,112,706 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | School Daze | $1,280,354 | - | 224 | - | $5,715 | $3,438,177 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Cry Freedom | $802,235 | - | 479 | - | $1,674 | - | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Hope and Glory | $760,653 | - | 323 | - | $2,354 | $6,258,749 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $189,152 | - | 15 | - | $12,610 | $849,720 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
