| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rain Man | $7,003,147 | -30.7% | 1,509 | +27 | $4,640 | $79,484,881 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Twins | $4,821,600 | -28.5% | 1,640 | +10 | $2,940 | $80,380,125 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Beaches | $4,790,326 | -7.2% | 809 | +103 | $5,921 | $13,230,727 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Accidental Tourist | $3,314,663 | -32% | 954 | - | $3,474 | $18,283,697 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Working Girl | $3,077,747 | -31.8% | 1,148 | +8 | $2,680 | $34,210,957 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $3,031,039 | -31.2% | 1,687 | -78 | $1,796 | $64,549,760 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Mississippi Burning | $2,652,537 | -34.4% | 568 | +17 | $4,669 | $10,081,850 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $2,108,291 | -30% | 1,515 | +25 | $1,391 | $34,145,887 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | DeepStar Six | $1,391,910 | -57.9% | 1,118 | +1 | $1,245 | $5,592,947 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Oliver & Company | $1,371,888 | -28.5% | 1,454 | +44 | $943 | $48,099,688 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Tequila Sunrise | $1,107,646 | -28.7% | 1,164 | +38 | $951 | $36,768,517 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $1,026,903 | -24.8% | 266 | +2 | $3,860 | $5,909,380 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The January Man | $937,976 | -45.4% | 883 | +7 | $1,062 | $3,257,987 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Dangerous Liaisons | $864,457 | -8.1% | 74 | - | $11,681 | $3,182,925 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Land Before Time | $777,660 | -21.8% | 1,144 | +33 | $679 | $42,174,285 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Talk Radio | $587,977 | -41.7% | 653 | +8 | $900 | $2,411,177 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Rachel River | $13,705 | - | 4 | - | $3,426 | $13,705 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
| 18 | - | Under the Sun of Satan | $6,987 | - | 1 | - | $6,987 | $6,987 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
