| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $6,628,601 | -2.5% | 1,591 | -7 | $4,166 | $86,690,483 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Moving | $5,064,758 | - | 1,404 | - | $3,607 | $5,064,758 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Frantic | $4,862,677 | -15.5% | 1,101 | - | $4,416 | $10,616,360 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Moonstruck | $4,336,592 | -3.1% | 1,177 | -1 | $3,684 | $46,719,807 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Shoot to Kill | $4,088,673 | -13% | 1,283 | -199 | $3,186 | $22,199,953 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Three Men and a Baby | $3,903,228 | +6.9% | 1,472 | -143 | $2,651 | $145,039,273 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Switching Channels | $3,881,752 | - | 971 | - | $3,997 | $3,881,752 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Action Jackson | $2,336,473 | -26% | 1,107 | -136 | $2,110 | $16,573,601 | 4 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | $1,805,312 | -44.4% | 882 | +1 | $2,046 | $5,052,630 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | The Last Emperor | $1,743,792 | +8.5% | 494 | +117 | $3,529 | $19,859,657 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Broadcast News | $1,529,061 | -15% | 735 | -91 | $2,080 | $44,505,837 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | School Daze | $1,437,066 | +6.1% | 211 | +9 | $6,810 | $6,583,096 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | She's Having a Baby | $1,176,163 | -31.1% | 756 | -253 | $1,555 | $13,982,615 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $815,088 | +2.8% | 80 | - | $10,188 | $2,550,586 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Hairspray | $680,580 | -15.8% | 79 | - | $8,614 | $1,489,190 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 16 | - | And God Created Woman | $562,253 | - | 385 | - | $1,460 | $562,253 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 19 | Bloodsport | $543,626 | -21.3% | 124 | +1 | $4,384 | $1,234,150 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
