| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $10,788,173 | -0.2% | 1,588 | +9 | $6,793 | $64,605,713 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Shoot to Kill | $7,086,209 | - | 1,503 | - | $4,714 | $7,086,209 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Action Jackson | $6,453,483 | - | 1,249 | - | $5,166 | $6,453,483 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Three Men and a Baby | $6,250,134 | +20.9% | 1,728 | -85 | $3,616 | $133,045,004 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Moonstruck | $5,508,621 | -6.2% | 1,000 | +15 | $5,508 | $31,816,546 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $4,835,930 | -34.7% | 1,431 | +1 | $3,379 | $12,246,527 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | She's Having a Baby | $3,757,033 | -20% | 1,133 | +208 | $3,316 | $8,452,473 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Satisfaction | $3,316,339 | - | 1,015 | - | $3,267 | $3,316,339 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | - | School Daze | $2,157,823 | - | 220 | - | $9,808 | $2,157,823 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Last Emperor | $1,987,584 | -15% | 372 | +1 | $5,342 | $14,297,952 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Broadcast News | $1,956,645 | -15.5% | 803 | -45 | $2,436 | $39,023,972 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Fatal Attraction | $1,231,825 | -19.6% | 702 | -176 | $1,754 | $143,784,100 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $346,933 | +10.6% | 15 | +2 | $23,128 | $660,568 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Hope and Glory | $235,104 | -13.8% | - | - | - | $5,498,096 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | $114,203 | - | 5 | - | $22,840 | $114,203 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
