| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stakeout | $5,411,003 | -33.9% | 1,364 | +9 | $3,967 | $47,276,169 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Dirty Dancing | $4,591,369 | -21.3% | 1,009 | +7 | $4,550 | $21,998,420 | 4 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | No Way Out | $3,510,038 | -34.5% | 1,118 | -12 | $3,139 | $26,631,672 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Big Easy | $3,080,417 | -35.9% | 1,145 | -74 | $2,690 | $12,786,694 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | La Bamba | $2,745,190 | -34.2% | 1,192 | +12 | $2,303 | $45,627,727 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Can't Buy Me Love | $2,536,121 | -39.5% | 1,143 | -59 | $2,218 | $25,453,956 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Hamburger Hill | $2,032,296 | -44.5% | 810 | -4 | $2,509 | $10,619,556 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Fourth Protocol | $2,016,401 | -47.3% | 932 | -129 | $2,163 | $10,682,760 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 12 | RoboCop | $1,491,209 | -32.3% | 791 | -35 | $1,885 | $49,018,072 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Curse | $1,483,209 | - | 326 | - | $4,549 | $1,483,209 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Born in East L.A. | $1,401,680 | -45.9% | 631 | -131 | $2,221 | $13,865,730 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Living Daylights | $1,374,355 | -47.4% | 858 | -196 | $1,601 | $48,671,138 | 7 | United Artists | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Lost Boys | $1,217,591 | -36.1% | 751 | -120 | $1,621 | $28,715,134 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Prayer for the Dying | $1,158,151 | - | 407 | - | $2,845 | $1,158,151 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 15 | - | Witness in the War Zone | $115,574 | - | 46 | - | $2,512 | $115,574 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | $39,840 | - | 1 | - | $39,840 | $39,840 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 17 | - | In the Mood | $5,153 | - | - | - | - | $5,153 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | true | false |
