| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $11,027,439 | -22.1% | 1,213 | +19 | $9,091 | $43,004,032 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $6,418,019 | -14.2% | 1,813 | - | $3,539 | $121,625,837 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Moonstruck | $5,455,403 | -15% | 635 | - | $8,591 | $20,433,305 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Broadcast News | $2,824,331 | -15.2% | 813 | +40 | $3,473 | $34,752,560 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | For Keeps? | $2,743,750 | -20.5% | 958 | -1 | $2,864 | $12,260,717 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | Throw Momma from the Train | $2,060,612 | -21.9% | 1,356 | -84 | $1,519 | $52,330,595 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Couch Trip | $1,953,812 | -28.5% | 1,277 | -54 | $1,530 | $9,192,846 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Fatal Attraction | $1,928,140 | -15.9% | 1,002 | -19 | $1,924 | $141,020,214 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Braddock: Missing in Action III | $1,790,148 | -38.1% | 1,035 | -5 | $1,729 | $4,679,902 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | Wall Street | $1,737,655 | -15% | 934 | +51 | $1,860 | $34,308,652 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $1,639,624 | -27.2% | 968 | -85 | $1,693 | $48,031,651 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Overboard | $1,392,863 | -7.5% | 1,091 | -16 | $1,276 | $22,557,574 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | *batteries not included | $1,225,950 | -17.3% | 1,070 | -3 | $1,145 | $29,061,784 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Return of the Living Dead II | $1,061,717 | -53.3% | 994 | -458 | $1,068 | $7,913,521 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $927,218 | -23.5% | 775 | -123 | $1,196 | $47,664,350 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | The Last Emperor | $921,741 | -2.9% | 117 | +9 | $7,878 | $9,971,158 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Five Corners | $114,463 | -0.1% | 13 | +1 | $8,804 | $229,066 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 18 | - | Gandahar | $68,209 | - | 7 | - | $9,744 | $68,209 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 19 | - | Siesta | $32,000 | - | 30 | - | $1,066 | $32,000 | 13 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
