| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Colors | $5,590,426 | -36.8% | 1,386 | +14 | $4,033 | $26,679,369 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Beetlejuice | $4,262,750 | -30.5% | 1,582 | - | $2,694 | $52,127,497 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Shakedown | $4,086,065 | - | 1,580 | - | $2,586 | $4,086,065 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Salsa | $3,313,408 | - | 1,125 | - | $2,945 | $3,313,408 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 5 | - | Dead Heat | $2,205,520 | - | 1,012 | - | $2,179 | $2,205,520 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Above the Law | $2,059,075 | -36.5% | 822 | -30 | $2,504 | $14,586,322 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Biloxi Blues | $1,779,504 | -31.5% | 1,009 | -153 | $1,763 | $36,488,714 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Last Emperor | $1,695,794 | -26.5% | 817 | -34 | $2,075 | $37,858,946 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Moonstruck | $1,612,638 | -21.9% | 830 | -67 | $1,942 | $71,226,655 | 21 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Return to Snowy River | $1,333,339 | -27.5% | 823 | -90 | $1,620 | $9,992,285 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $1,255,733 | -20.8% | 389 | -48 | $3,228 | $8,268,482 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 4 | Casual Sex? | $1,183,500 | -62.5% | 900 | -365 | $1,315 | $9,231,651 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Judgment in Berlin | $168,086 | - | 81 | - | $2,075 | $168,086 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 14 | - | Prison | $81,685 | - | 42 | - | $1,944 | $81,685 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
