| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Lethal Weapon 2 | $20,388,800 | - | 1,803 | - | $11,308 | $20,388,800 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Batman | $19,248,329 | -36% | 2,201 | - | $8,745 | $141,659,121 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $9,433,358 | -28% | 1,443 | +12 | $6,537 | $59,243,525 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Ghostbusters II | $5,265,962 | -40.2% | 2,315 | -95 | $2,274 | $85,520,592 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $5,205,338 | -26.6% | 1,917 | -186 | $2,715 | $158,469,476 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Dead Poets Society | $5,186,264 | -22.7% | 1,109 | - | $4,676 | $56,765,388 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The Karate Kid Part III | $4,905,961 | -52.7% | 1,560 | - | $3,144 | $21,614,898 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Weekend at Bernie's | $4,506,086 | - | 1,134 | - | $3,973 | $4,506,086 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Do the Right Thing | $2,916,960 | -18.1% | 361 | +8 | $8,080 | $8,848,045 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Great Balls of Fire! | $2,166,195 | -43.1% | 1,417 | - | $1,528 | $8,446,281 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | $1,342,980 | -45.6% | 1,005 | -674 | $1,336 | $45,706,397 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Field of Dreams | $1,304,875 | -27.7% | 803 | -137 | $1,625 | $53,388,955 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Music Teacher | $18,486 | - | 1 | - | $18,486 | $18,486 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
