| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $9,229,062 | -33.5% | 23.6% | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $3,932,759 | 42.6% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,287,297 | -47.1% | 21.2% | 3 | Three Men and a Baby | $8,103,282 | 97.8% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $7,119,778 | -31.3% | 18.2% | 2 | Broadcast News | $4,301,846 | 60.4% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,721,187 | -46.1% | 9.5% | 1 | Throw Momma from the Train | $3,721,187 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,240,871 | -39% | 8.3% | 2 | Empire of the Sun | $1,822,927 | 56.2% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 7 | $2,884,757 | -30.3% | 7.4% | 2 | Overboard | $2,648,634 | 91.8% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,833,330 | -41.5% | 7.2% | 1 | *batteries not included | $2,833,330 | 100% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $991,137 | -22.4% | 2.5% | 1 | Dirty Dancing | $991,137 | 100% | 21 | Vestron Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $870,051 | -52.9% | 2.2% | 1 | The Last Emperor | $870,051 | 100% | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - |
