| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $7,346,112 | -24.6% | 1,758 | -9 | $4,178 | $35,163,592 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Betrayed | $6,431,878 | -16.6% | 1,099 | +63 | $5,852 | $14,146,817 | 2 | United Artists | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $6,010,717 | +5.6% | 1,187 | -36 | $5,063 | $38,706,787 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Die Hard | $5,617,715 | +4.8% | 1,461 | +29 | $3,845 | $59,308,024 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 7 | Cocktail | $5,129,777 | +14.1% | 1,404 | +65 | $3,653 | $58,111,281 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $5,021,659 | +8.7% | 1,588 | +39 | $3,162 | $131,273,528 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Young Guns | $4,963,245 | -9% | 1,399 | +28 | $3,547 | $29,764,810 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Married to the Mob | $3,981,623 | +10.4% | 828 | +2 | $4,808 | $12,662,482 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 14 | Big | $2,856,335 | +25.1% | 1,177 | +187 | $2,426 | $98,225,478 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Coming to America | $2,689,616 | +1% | 951 | -51 | $2,828 | $117,767,449 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $2,674,322 | +2.4% | 706 | -14 | $3,787 | $14,749,254 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Stealing Home | $2,485,620 | -28.3% | 985 | +1 | $2,523 | $5,953,924 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Hot to Trot | $2,112,452 | -34.6% | 1,157 | +1 | $1,825 | $5,341,704 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Midnight Run | $2,077,582 | +0.3% | 747 | -10 | $2,781 | $34,262,469 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Hero and the Terror | $1,564,187 | -39% | 981 | -14 | $1,594 | $4,129,580 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $1,453,744 | +49.1% | 81 | +33 | $17,947 | $3,955,642 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Eight Men Out | $1,306,508 | - | 147 | - | $8,887 | $1,306,508 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | 17 | Crossing Delancey | $322,386 | +132.6% | 6 | +5 | $53,731 | $460,994 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Thin Blue Line | $108,151 | +249.5% | 8 | +7 | $13,518 | $139,096 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 20 | - | Rocket Gibraltar | $70,954 | - | 5 | - | $14,190 | $70,954 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | The Deceivers | $22,947 | - | 1 | - | $22,947 | $22,947 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
