| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Stakeout | $4,202,518 | - | 1,364 | - | $3,081 | $46,067,684 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Dirty Dancing | $3,542,221 | - | 1,009 | - | $3,510 | $20,949,272 | 4 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | No Way Out | $2,626,761 | - | 1,118 | - | $2,349 | $25,748,395 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Big Easy | $2,348,285 | - | 1,145 | - | $2,050 | $12,054,562 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | La Bamba | $2,194,731 | - | 1,192 | - | $1,841 | $45,077,268 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Can't Buy Me Love | $2,015,134 | - | 1,143 | - | $1,763 | $24,932,969 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Fourth Protocol | $1,538,895 | - | 932 | - | $1,651 | $10,205,254 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Hamburger Hill | $1,450,736 | - | 810 | - | $1,791 | $10,037,996 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Curse | $1,169,922 | - | 326 | - | $3,588 | $1,169,922 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
| 10 | - | Born in East L.A. | $1,154,730 | - | 631 | - | $1,830 | $13,618,780 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | RoboCop | $1,075,909 | - | 791 | - | $1,360 | $48,602,772 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Living Daylights | $1,050,854 | - | 858 | - | $1,224 | $48,347,637 | 7 | United Artists | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Lost Boys | $891,635 | - | 751 | - | $1,187 | $28,389,178 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Prayer for the Dying | $881,793 | - | 407 | - | $2,166 | $881,793 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 15 | - | Witness in the War Zone | $86,681 | - | 46 | - | $1,884 | $86,681 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | $25,998 | - | 1 | - | $25,998 | $25,998 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
