| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $26,221,137 | +74.8% | 23.6% | 3 | Three Men and a Baby | $21,605,600 | 82.4% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $26,052,738 | +27% | 23.5% | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $13,408,906 | 51.5% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $17,576,179 | +231.1% | 15.8% | 2 | Broadcast News | $9,878,196 | 56.2% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $12,338,508 | +37.3% | 11.1% | 2 | Throw Momma from the Train | $12,338,508 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $8,779,790 | +49.2% | 7.9% | 1 | *batteries not included | $8,779,790 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $8,514,195 | +111.6% | 7.7% | 2 | Empire of the Sun | $5,098,899 | 59.9% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 7 | $6,169,450 | +60.1% | 5.6% | 2 | Overboard | $5,833,092 | 94.5% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $3,613,582 | +11.7% | 3.3% | 2 | Leonard Part 6 | $1,849,442 | 51.2% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,683,858 | +14.5% | 1.5% | 2 | The Running Man | $1,599,879 | 95% | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - |
