| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lean on Me | $5,868,188 | -8.9% | 991 | +97 | $5,921 | $12,310,646 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 5 | Skin Deep | $5,178,308 | +57.1% | 1,062 | +573 | $4,875 | $8,474,328 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | $4,901,971 | - | 1,627 | - | $3,012 | $4,901,971 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | - | Chances Are | $4,681,301 | - | 837 | - | $5,592 | $4,681,301 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Rain Man | $4,409,681 | -12% | 1,571 | -9 | $2,806 | $127,349,281 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $4,234,596 | -22.4% | 1,314 | - | $3,222 | $22,671,211 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The 'Burbs | $3,322,875 | -36.9% | 1,710 | -121 | $1,943 | $28,816,757 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 17 | New York Stories | $3,222,366 | +370.9% | 511 | +499 | $6,306 | $3,906,685 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Dangerous Liaisons | $2,311,167 | -24.5% | 762 | - | $3,033 | $21,825,029 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Cousins | $2,100,277 | -28% | 708 | -39 | $2,966 | $16,345,815 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Three Fugitives | $2,040,979 | -35.1% | 1,093 | -137 | $1,867 | $35,550,870 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Beaches | $1,861,005 | -30.6% | 859 | -102 | $2,166 | $44,192,908 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Working Girl | $1,609,416 | -24.9% | 831 | -111 | $1,936 | $54,677,821 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Dream a Little Dream | $1,489,774 | -47.4% | 963 | -56 | $1,547 | $4,320,496 | 2 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Twins | $1,356,400 | -12% | 872 | -117 | $1,555 | $102,923,942 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $802,488 | - | 46 | - | $17,445 | $802,488 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | - | Jacknife | $49,702 | - | 2 | - | $24,851 | $49,702 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 18 | 20 | Hanussen | $23,961 | +910.2% | 2 | - | $11,980 | $26,333 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
