| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $12,413,087 | -30.2% | 23.8% | 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $5,259,626 | 42.4% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $10,869,134 | -41.8% | 20.8% | 3 | Three Men and a Baby | $10,560,912 | 97.2% | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $9,740,977 | -28.2% | 18.7% | 2 | Broadcast News | $5,860,871 | 60.2% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $4,862,904 | -41.5% | 9.3% | 1 | Throw Momma from the Train | $4,862,904 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $4,409,909 | -34.6% | 8.4% | 2 | Empire of the Sun | $2,416,710 | 54.8% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 7 | $3,817,495 | -26% | 7.3% | 2 | Overboard | $3,432,252 | 89.9% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,526,520 | -37.3% | 6.8% | 1 | *batteries not included | $3,526,520 | 100% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,177,428 | -48% | 2.3% | 1 | The Last Emperor | $1,177,428 | 100% | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - |
