| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $10,788,173 | - | - | - | - | 1,588 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Shoot to Kill | $7,086,209 | - | - | - | - | 1,503 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Action Jackson | $6,453,483 | - | - | - | - | 1,249 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Three Men and a Baby | $6,250,134 | - | - | - | - | 1,728 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Moonstruck | $5,508,621 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $4,835,930 | - | - | - | - | 1,431 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | She's Having a Baby | $3,757,033 | - | - | - | - | 1,133 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Satisfaction | $3,316,339 | - | - | - | - | 1,015 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | School Daze | $2,157,823 | - | - | - | - | 220 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Last Emperor | $1,987,584 | - | - | - | - | 372 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Broadcast News | $1,956,645 | - | - | - | - | 803 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Fatal Attraction | $1,231,825 | - | - | - | - | 702 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $346,933 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Hope and Glory | $235,104 | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | $114,203 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Ironweed | - | - | - | - | - | 599 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | For Keeps? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Knights of the City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Winter Flight | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | The in Crowd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Eddie Murphy: Raw | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Vindicator | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Wall Street | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Throw Momma from the Train | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Promised Land | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
