| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 20 | Gorillas in the Mist | $3,451,230 | +840.6% | 558 | +543 | $6,185 | $3,989,311 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Heartbreak Hotel | $2,063,546 | - | 1,338 | - | $1,542 | $2,063,546 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,051,278 | -7% | 1,122 | -42 | $1,828 | $51,053,364 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Dead Ringers | $2,036,547 | -32.4% | 1,048 | +6 | $1,943 | $5,488,107 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Die Hard | $2,015,246 | -5.5% | 1,213 | -69 | $1,661 | $70,751,623 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 15 | Crossing Delancey | $1,837,058 | +93.2% | 285 | +190 | $6,445 | $5,132,844 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $1,660,041 | - | 627 | - | $2,647 | $1,660,041 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Cocktail | $1,544,661 | -6% | 1,187 | -89 | $1,301 | $67,450,001 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $1,543,344 | -8.8% | 1,264 | -57 | $1,221 | $140,151,770 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Young Guns | $1,286,722 | -14.9% | 1,225 | -38 | $1,050 | $38,688,952 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $1,193,251 | -26.2% | 990 | -217 | $1,205 | $45,166,724 | 7 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Big | $1,135,509 | +1.8% | 885 | -46 | $1,283 | $104,204,609 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Betrayed | $1,074,207 | -22.8% | 944 | -122 | $1,137 | $23,227,567 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Kansas | $611,250 | -52% | 762 | -85 | $802 | $2,336,709 | 2 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false | false |
| 15 | 22 | Running on Empty | $454,164 | +113.5% | 128 | +83 | $3,548 | $1,328,107 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $377,593 | -12.3% | 123 | +3 | $3,069 | $6,639,490 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Punchline | $160,742 | - | 4 | - | $40,185 | $160,742 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Bird | $27,116 | - | 1 | - | $27,116 | $27,116 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
