| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $5,141,491 | -1.7% | 1,591 | -7 | $3,231 | $85,203,373 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Moving | $4,022,782 | - | 1,404 | - | $2,865 | $4,022,782 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Frantic | $3,717,362 | -14.7% | 1,101 | - | $3,376 | $9,471,045 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Moonstruck | $3,287,038 | -2.7% | 1,177 | -1 | $2,792 | $45,670,253 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Three Men and a Baby | $3,142,904 | +9.7% | 1,472 | -143 | $2,135 | $144,278,949 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Switching Channels | $3,121,752 | - | 971 | - | $3,214 | $3,121,752 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Shoot to Kill | $3,115,996 | -11.3% | 1,283 | -199 | $2,428 | $21,227,276 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Action Jackson | $1,811,093 | -25.5% | 1,107 | -136 | $1,636 | $16,048,221 | 4 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | $1,478,376 | -46% | 882 | +1 | $1,676 | $4,725,694 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | The Last Emperor | $1,342,857 | +10.9% | 494 | +117 | $2,718 | $19,458,722 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | School Daze | $1,154,312 | +1.2% | 211 | +9 | $5,470 | $6,300,342 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Broadcast News | $1,136,401 | -15.8% | 735 | -91 | $1,546 | $44,113,177 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | She's Having a Baby | $913,749 | -31.8% | 756 | -253 | $1,208 | $13,720,201 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | Hairspray | $577,258 | <0.1% | 79 | - | $7,307 | $1,385,868 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 15 | 18 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $576,735 | +3.4% | 80 | - | $7,209 | $2,312,233 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | Bloodsport | $409,690 | -20.6% | 124 | +1 | $3,303 | $1,100,214 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 17 | - | And God Created Woman | $393,647 | - | 385 | - | $1,022 | $393,647 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
