| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $5,232,945 | -24% | 1,598 | - | $3,274 | $78,493,135 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Frantic | $4,359,424 | - | 1,101 | - | $3,959 | $4,359,424 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Shoot to Kill | $3,514,252 | -27.5% | 1,482 | -37 | $2,371 | $16,928,603 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Moonstruck | $3,376,975 | -28.7% | 1,178 | +10 | $2,866 | $41,285,375 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Three Men and a Baby | $2,864,073 | -19.1% | 1,615 | -74 | $1,773 | $140,347,537 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | $2,737,106 | - | 881 | - | $3,106 | $2,737,106 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Action Jackson | $2,431,466 | -32.6% | 1,243 | -6 | $1,956 | $13,512,996 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Broadcast News | $1,349,287 | -18.1% | 826 | +28 | $1,633 | $42,527,943 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | She's Having a Baby | $1,340,054 | -36.3% | 1,009 | -104 | $1,328 | $12,440,048 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $1,328,480 | -42.4% | 874 | -337 | $1,520 | $16,527,121 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Last Emperor | $1,211,122 | -29.2% | 377 | +2 | $3,212 | $17,720,495 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | School Daze | $1,140,391 | -10.9% | 202 | -22 | $5,645 | $4,932,454 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Fatal Attraction | $888,368 | -33.1% | 718 | -210 | $1,237 | $146,488,799 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Satisfaction | $875,811 | -51.2% | 742 | -276 | $1,180 | $6,375,562 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Ironweed | $838,504 | -40.1% | 562 | -38 | $1,492 | $5,797,631 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Hope and Glory | $579,101 | -23.9% | 328 | +5 | $1,765 | $7,075,248 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Hairspray | $577,287 | - | 79 | - | $7,307 | $577,287 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $557,540 | +194.8% | 80 | +65 | $6,969 | $1,500,351 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Bloodsport | $515,721 | - | 123 | - | $4,192 | $515,721 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 20 | - | Aloha Summer | $259,867 | - | 123 | - | $2,112 | $259,867 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 21 | - | Taffin | $107,303 | - | 204 | - | $525 | $107,303 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
