| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fatal Attraction | $12,925,416 | -0.5% | 1,321 | +24 | $9,784 | $47,793,943 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Like Father Like Son | $6,874,600 | -20.9% | 1,267 | +100 | $5,425 | $15,570,092 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 14 | The Princess Bride | $5,189,806 | +1,694.8% | 622 | +613 | $8,343 | $5,775,620 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Someone to Watch Over Me | $3,405,047 | - | 892 | - | $3,817 | $3,405,047 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Surrender | $2,703,662 | - | 1,067 | - | $2,533 | $2,703,662 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Dirty Dancing | $2,388,630 | -3.5% | 978 | -12 | $2,442 | $32,998,489 | 8 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The Principal | $2,174,200 | -28.8% | 1,157 | - | $1,879 | $15,561,487 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Stakeout | $2,003,565 | -21.3% | 1,115 | -89 | $1,796 | $59,206,326 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Baby Boom | $1,897,227 | - | 195 | - | $9,729 | $1,897,227 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 10 | - | Three O'Clock High | $1,725,392 | - | 849 | - | $2,032 | $1,725,392 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Hellraiser | $1,349,248 | -36.5% | 892 | -180 | $1,512 | $12,567,593 | 4 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Near Dark | $1,180,234 | +42.6% | 429 | +167 | $2,751 | $2,007,622 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | La Bamba | $1,156,615 | -5.7% | 742 | -145 | $1,558 | $51,902,361 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Man on Fire | $293,171 | - | 178 | - | $1,647 | $293,171 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | $195,060 | - | 33 | - | $5,910 | $195,060 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
