| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lean on Me | $4,579,440 | -9% | 991 | +97 | $4,621 | $11,021,898 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | $4,032,480 | - | 1,627 | - | $2,478 | $4,032,480 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 7 | Skin Deep | $3,916,696 | +59.2% | 1,062 | +573 | $3,688 | $7,212,716 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Chances Are | $3,664,386 | - | 837 | - | $4,378 | $3,664,386 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $3,351,941 | -24.7% | 1,314 | - | $2,550 | $21,788,556 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Rain Man | $3,140,587 | -18.6% | 1,571 | -9 | $1,999 | $126,080,187 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The 'Burbs | $2,607,750 | -39.5% | 1,710 | -121 | $1,525 | $28,101,632 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 17 | New York Stories | $2,410,107 | +457.5% | 511 | +499 | $4,716 | $3,094,426 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Dangerous Liaisons | $1,675,305 | -26% | 762 | - | $2,198 | $21,189,167 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Cousins | $1,575,000 | -29.5% | 708 | -39 | $2,224 | $15,820,538 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Three Fugitives | $1,551,935 | -38.3% | 1,093 | -137 | $1,419 | $35,061,826 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Beaches | $1,333,638 | -34% | 859 | -102 | $1,552 | $43,665,541 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 5 | Dream a Little Dream | $1,246,236 | -51.5% | 963 | -56 | $1,294 | $4,076,958 | 2 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Working Girl | $1,174,720 | -26.8% | 831 | -111 | $1,413 | $54,243,125 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Twins | $1,008,110 | -17.2% | 951 | -91 | $1,060 | $102,575,652 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $597,400 | - | 46 | - | $12,986 | $597,400 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Farewell to the King | $434,652 | -62.2% | 668 | +18 | $650 | $1,954,185 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Jacknife | $32,597 | - | 2 | - | $16,298 | $32,597 | 1 | Cineplex Odeon Films | true | false |
| 19 | - | Hanussen | $15,504 | - | 2 | - | $7,752 | $17,876 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
