| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 15 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $16,717,482 | +5,323.8% | 785 | +781 | $21,296 | $17,818,412 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Three Men and a Baby | $10,560,765 | <0.1% | 1,813 | +9 | $5,825 | $107,728,256 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 14 | Moonstruck | $7,229,499 | +1,776.6% | 635 | +627 | $11,385 | $8,560,870 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | - | For Keeps? | $6,063,799 | - | 922 | - | $6,576 | $6,063,799 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Broadcast News | $4,663,788 | -20.4% | 748 | +67 | $6,235 | $28,597,762 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Return of the Living Dead II | $4,576,674 | - | 1,467 | - | $3,119 | $4,576,674 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | The Couch Trip | $4,505,888 | - | 1,332 | - | $3,382 | $4,505,888 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | Throw Momma from the Train | $3,741,870 | -23.1% | 1,535 | -88 | $2,437 | $47,630,847 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $3,676,330 | -30.1% | 1,221 | -267 | $3,010 | $44,139,999 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Wall Street | $2,820,892 | -27.3% | 967 | -21 | $2,917 | $30,526,170 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Fatal Attraction | $2,784,799 | -23.1% | 1,054 | -219 | $2,642 | $136,799,235 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | *batteries not included | $2,538,575 | -28% | 1,222 | -124 | $2,077 | $26,353,024 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Overboard | $1,992,348 | -42% | 996 | -139 | $2,000 | $19,658,900 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $1,869,646 | -47.1% | 1,081 | -490 | $1,729 | $45,525,398 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Empire of the Sun | $1,459,818 | -39.6% | 528 | -145 | $2,764 | $16,628,531 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Last Emperor | $940,902 | -20.1% | 91 | -1 | $10,339 | $8,099,936 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Rent-a-Cop | $295,000 | - | 193 | - | $1,528 | $295,000 | 1 | - | true | false |
