| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $9,742,056 | -46.1% | 1,767 | +2 | $5,513 | $27,817,480 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 2 | - | Betrayed | $7,714,939 | - | 1,036 | - | $7,446 | $7,714,939 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | A Fish Called Wanda | $5,693,399 | -19.2% | 1,223 | +8 | $4,655 | $32,696,070 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Young Guns | $5,455,321 | -31.9% | 1,371 | -45 | $3,979 | $24,801,565 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Die Hard | $5,358,392 | -21.5% | 1,432 | -197 | $3,741 | $53,690,309 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $4,620,337 | -22% | 1,549 | -49 | $2,982 | $126,251,869 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Cocktail | $4,497,111 | -28.2% | 1,339 | -123 | $3,358 | $52,981,504 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Married to the Mob | $3,604,979 | -29% | 826 | +2 | $4,364 | $8,680,859 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Stealing Home | $3,468,304 | - | 984 | - | $3,524 | $3,468,304 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 10 | - | Hot to Trot | $3,229,252 | - | 1,156 | - | $2,793 | $3,229,252 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Coming to America | $2,662,626 | -29.8% | 1,002 | -271 | $2,657 | $115,077,833 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $2,611,147 | -35.5% | 720 | - | $3,626 | $12,074,932 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Hero and the Terror | $2,565,393 | - | 995 | - | $2,578 | $2,565,393 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | Big | $2,282,852 | -18.7% | 990 | -81 | $2,305 | $95,369,143 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Midnight Run | $2,070,397 | -34% | 757 | -249 | $2,735 | $32,184,887 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $975,094 | +19% | 48 | +30 | $20,314 | $2,501,898 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Crossing Delancey | $138,608 | - | 1 | - | $138,608 | $138,608 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 18 | - | The Thin Blue Line | $30,945 | - | 1 | - | $30,945 | $30,945 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 19 | 17 | The Year My Voice Broke | $9,195 | +694% | 1 | - | $9,195 | $10,353 | 2 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false | false |
