| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fatal Attraction | $10,713,361 | -17.1% | 1,324 | +3 | $8,091 | $58,507,304 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Like Father Like Son | $5,091,800 | -25.9% | 1,272 | +5 | $4,002 | $20,661,892 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Princess Bride | $4,525,867 | -12.8% | 623 | +1 | $7,264 | $10,301,487 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Someone to Watch Over Me | $2,857,848 | -16.1% | 894 | +2 | $3,196 | $6,262,895 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Dirty Dancing | $2,445,828 | +2.4% | 1,012 | +34 | $2,416 | $35,444,317 | 9 | Vestron Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Surrender | $1,668,985 | -38.3% | 1,067 | - | $1,564 | $4,372,647 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Principal | $1,638,300 | -24.6% | 1,153 | -4 | $1,420 | $17,199,787 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Stakeout | $1,623,714 | -19% | 1,087 | -28 | $1,493 | $60,830,040 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Baby Boom | $1,600,496 | -15.6% | 200 | +5 | $8,002 | $3,497,723 | 2 | United Artists | false | false |
| 10 | - | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | $1,164,377 | - | 343 | - | $3,394 | $1,164,377 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Three O'Clock High | $1,059,932 | -38.6% | 817 | -32 | $1,297 | $2,785,324 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | La Bamba | $947,773 | -18.1% | 710 | -32 | $1,334 | $52,850,134 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Weeds | $190,821 | - | 8 | - | $23,852 | $190,821 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 14 | - | House of Games | $176,979 | - | 9 | - | $19,664 | $176,979 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Barfly | $77,429 | - | 2 | - | $38,714 | $77,429 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 16 | - | Hope and Glory | $38,293 | - | 2 | - | $19,146 | $38,293 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
