| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $10,560,912 | -33.2% | 1,804 | - | $5,854 | $97,167,491 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Broadcast News | $5,860,871 | -24.4% | 681 | - | $8,606 | $23,933,974 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $5,259,626 | -36.4% | 1,488 | -6 | $3,534 | $40,463,669 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Throw Momma from the Train | $4,862,904 | -41.5% | 1,623 | +2 | $2,996 | $43,888,977 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Wall Street | $3,880,106 | -33.2% | 988 | -1 | $3,927 | $27,705,278 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Fatal Attraction | $3,621,690 | -18.6% | 1,273 | -15 | $2,845 | $134,014,436 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $3,531,771 | -30.4% | 1,571 | -113 | $2,248 | $43,655,752 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | *batteries not included | $3,526,520 | -37.3% | 1,346 | -21 | $2,620 | $23,814,449 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Overboard | $3,432,252 | -28.8% | 1,135 | +8 | $3,024 | $17,666,552 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Empire of the Sun | $2,416,710 | -38.9% | 673 | - | $3,590 | $15,168,713 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Nuts | $1,993,199 | -28.4% | 1,007 | -105 | $1,979 | $27,576,501 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | Dirty Dancing | $1,374,608 | - | 809 | -46 | $1,699 | $57,671,638 | 21 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Last Emperor | $1,177,428 | -23.5% | 92 | -2 | $12,798 | $7,159,034 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | Moonstruck | $385,243 | +13.4% | 8 | +1 | $48,155 | $1,331,371 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $308,222 | -12.6% | 4 | - | $77,055 | $1,100,930 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
