| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $2,555,291 | -9% | 1,207 | -7 | $2,117 | $45,132,409 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Die Hard | $2,544,486 | -2.4% | 1,371 | -51 | $1,855 | $65,388,311 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Moon Over Parador | $2,451,735 | -25% | 1,143 | -2 | $2,145 | $6,688,361 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $2,221,018 | -30.6% | 1,465 | -210 | $1,516 | $41,345,236 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 5 | 8 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $2,087,303 | +10.8% | 1,393 | -107 | $1,498 | $135,939,312 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Betrayed | $2,071,555 | -17.5% | 1,101 | +1 | $1,881 | $19,616,905 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Young Guns | $1,958,525 | -9.9% | 1,358 | -40 | $1,442 | $34,709,282 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Cocktail | $1,880,877 | -15.3% | 1,364 | -53 | $1,378 | $63,002,842 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Married to the Mob | $1,398,630 | -13.3% | 827 | -1 | $1,691 | $16,254,627 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Coming to America | $1,304,208 | +1.3% | 830 | -24 | $1,571 | $120,794,325 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Big | $1,302,410 | -1.8% | 1,049 | -74 | $1,241 | $101,278,722 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | Messenger of Death | $1,035,279 | - | 450 | - | $2,300 | $1,035,279 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 13 | 17 | Crossing Delancey | $970,163 | +607% | 95 | +89 | $10,212 | $1,673,524 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Tougher Than Leather | $748,193 | - | 130 | - | $5,755 | $748,193 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $523,568 | -14.5% | 105 | +11 | $4,986 | $5,401,802 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Eight Men Out | $301,471 | -30.9% | 129 | -19 | $2,336 | $2,219,337 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Running on Empty | $203,998 | -5.2% | 24 | +2 | $8,499 | $514,878 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | The Thin Blue Line | $77,940 | +22.1% | 23 | +7 | $3,388 | $330,145 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 19 | - | Miles from Home | $72,872 | - | 32 | - | $2,277 | $72,872 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | Seven Hours to Judgment | $66,352 | - | 73 | - | $908 | $66,352 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
| 21 | - | The Prince of Pennsylvania | $3,174 | - | 1 | - | $3,174 | $3,174 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
