| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $6,989,358 | -45.5% | 1,767 | +2 | $3,955 | $25,064,782 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | - | Betrayed | $5,534,787 | - | 1,036 | - | $5,342 | $5,534,787 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | A Fish Called Wanda | $3,770,807 | -14.4% | 1,223 | +8 | $3,083 | $30,773,478 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Die Hard | $3,668,253 | -18.9% | 1,432 | -197 | $2,561 | $52,000,170 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Young Guns | $3,626,907 | -28% | 1,371 | -45 | $2,645 | $22,973,151 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,980,229 | -18.7% | 1,549 | -49 | $1,923 | $124,611,761 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Cocktail | $2,925,064 | -27% | 1,339 | -123 | $2,184 | $51,409,457 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Married to the Mob | $2,401,043 | -25.7% | 826 | +2 | $2,906 | $7,476,923 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Stealing Home | $2,346,864 | - | 984 | - | $2,385 | $2,346,864 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | - | Hot to Trot | $2,206,218 | - | 1,156 | - | $1,908 | $2,206,218 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Coming to America | $1,848,669 | -26.4% | 1,002 | -271 | $1,844 | $114,263,876 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Hero and the Terror | $1,840,487 | - | 995 | - | $1,849 | $1,840,487 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $1,833,290 | -34.1% | 720 | - | $2,546 | $11,297,075 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Big | $1,504,735 | -12.8% | 990 | -81 | $1,519 | $94,591,026 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Midnight Run | $1,400,450 | -33.6% | 757 | -249 | $1,850 | $31,514,940 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $561,631 | +17.9% | 48 | +30 | $11,700 | $2,088,435 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | The Big Blue | $456,891 | -71.8% | 881 | -86 | $518 | $2,834,237 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Crossing Delancey | $46,711 | - | 1 | - | $46,711 | $46,711 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 19 | - | The Thin Blue Line | $17,814 | - | 1 | - | $17,814 | $17,814 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 20 | - | The Year My Voice Broke | $5,487 | - | 1 | - | $5,487 | $6,645 | 1 | Avenue Pictures Productions | true | false |
