| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $3,476,428 | -10.2% | 1,207 | -7 | $2,880 | $46,053,546 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Die Hard | $3,241,349 | -8.3% | 1,371 | -51 | $2,364 | $66,085,174 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Moon Over Parador | $3,080,389 | -27.3% | 1,143 | -2 | $2,695 | $7,317,015 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $2,811,646 | -29% | 1,465 | -210 | $1,919 | $41,935,864 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Betrayed | $2,747,443 | -19.2% | 1,101 | +1 | $2,495 | $20,292,793 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,653,743 | +2.9% | 1,393 | -107 | $1,905 | $136,505,752 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Young Guns | $2,636,256 | -11.7% | 1,358 | -40 | $1,941 | $35,387,013 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Cocktail | $2,630,025 | -12.6% | 1,364 | -53 | $1,928 | $63,751,990 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Married to the Mob | $1,884,873 | -14.1% | 827 | -1 | $2,279 | $16,740,870 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Coming to America | $1,708,283 | -0.8% | 830 | -24 | $2,058 | $121,198,400 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Big | $1,668,870 | -4.7% | 1,049 | -74 | $1,590 | $101,645,182 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | Messenger of Death | $1,346,454 | - | 450 | - | $2,992 | $1,346,454 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 13 | 16 | Crossing Delancey | $1,303,049 | +437.6% | 95 | +89 | $13,716 | $2,006,410 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Tougher Than Leather | $873,473 | - | 130 | - | $6,719 | $873,473 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $756,660 | -18% | 105 | +11 | $7,206 | $5,634,894 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Eight Men Out | $404,782 | -33.8% | 129 | -19 | $3,137 | $2,322,648 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Running on Empty | $281,291 | -9.5% | 24 | +2 | $11,720 | $592,171 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | The Thin Blue Line | $108,133 | -4.4% | 23 | +7 | $4,701 | $360,338 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Seven Hours to Judgment | $98,541 | - | 73 | - | $1,349 | $98,541 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
