| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Moon Over Parador | $4,236,626 | - | 1,145 | - | $3,700 | $4,236,626 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $3,960,626 | -46.1% | 1,675 | -83 | $2,364 | $39,124,218 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $3,870,331 | -35.6% | 1,214 | +27 | $3,188 | $42,577,118 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Die Hard | $3,535,801 | -37.1% | 1,422 | -39 | $2,486 | $62,843,825 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Betrayed | $3,398,533 | -47.2% | 1,100 | +1 | $3,089 | $17,545,350 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Cocktail | $3,010,684 | -41.3% | 1,417 | +13 | $2,124 | $61,121,965 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Young Guns | $2,985,947 | -39.8% | 1,398 | -1 | $2,135 | $32,750,757 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,578,481 | -48.7% | 1,500 | -88 | $1,718 | $133,852,009 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Married to the Mob | $2,193,515 | -44.9% | 828 | - | $2,649 | $14,855,997 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Big | $1,750,834 | -38.7% | 1,123 | -54 | $1,559 | $99,976,312 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Coming to America | $1,722,668 | -36% | 854 | -97 | $2,017 | $119,490,117 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $1,393,625 | -47.9% | 706 | - | $1,973 | $16,142,879 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $922,592 | -36.5% | 94 | +13 | $9,814 | $4,878,234 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 17 | Eight Men Out | $611,358 | -53.2% | 148 | +1 | $4,130 | $1,917,866 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Running on Empty | $310,880 | - | 22 | - | $14,130 | $310,880 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | 18 | Crossing Delancey | $242,367 | -24.8% | 6 | - | $40,394 | $703,361 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 21 | The Deceivers | $212,164 | +824.6% | 68 | +67 | $3,120 | $235,111 | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | The Thin Blue Line | $113,109 | +4.6% | 16 | +8 | $7,069 | $252,205 | 3 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Track 29 | $52,328 | - | 2 | - | $26,164 | $52,328 | 1 | Island Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | Some Girls | $17,430 | - | 2 | - | $8,715 | $17,430 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
