| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rain Man | $9,494,171 | -29.7% | 1,509 | +27 | $6,291 | $81,975,905 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Beaches | $6,758,164 | -8.6% | 809 | +103 | $8,353 | $15,198,565 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Twins | $6,157,535 | -30.6% | 1,641 | +15 | $3,752 | $81,716,060 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Accidental Tourist | $4,313,531 | -32.1% | 954 | - | $4,521 | $19,282,565 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Working Girl | $4,094,818 | -31.2% | 1,148 | +8 | $3,566 | $35,228,028 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $3,980,555 | -30.8% | 1,687 | -78 | $2,359 | $65,499,276 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Mississippi Burning | $3,751,494 | -34.8% | 568 | +17 | $6,604 | $11,180,807 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $2,760,709 | -29.2% | 1,515 | +25 | $1,822 | $34,798,305 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | DeepStar Six | $1,883,390 | -55.2% | 1,118 | +1 | $1,684 | $6,084,427 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Oliver & Company | $1,641,595 | -38.6% | 1,454 | +44 | $1,129 | $48,369,395 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Tequila Sunrise | $1,409,563 | -36.4% | 1,164 | +38 | $1,210 | $37,070,434 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The January Man | $1,343,809 | -42.1% | 883 | +7 | $1,521 | $3,663,820 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $1,328,664 | -30.1% | 266 | +2 | $4,994 | $6,211,141 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Dangerous Liaisons | $1,281,380 | -9.9% | 74 | - | $17,315 | $3,599,848 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Land Before Time | $925,250 | -33.6% | 1,144 | +33 | $808 | $42,321,875 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Talk Radio | $868,432 | -37.1% | 653 | +8 | $1,329 | $2,691,632 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Rachel River | $19,579 | - | 4 | - | $4,894 | $19,579 | 1 | Taurus Entertainment Company | true | false |
| 18 | - | Under the Sun of Satan | $12,184 | - | 1 | - | $12,184 | $12,184 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
