| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $15,823,739 | +22.1% | 20.7% | 2 | Rain Man | $13,503,728 | 85.3% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 2 | 3 | $11,646,955 | +8.1% | 15.3% | 3 | Twins | $8,872,885 | 76.2% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 7 | $10,072,888 | +197.9% | 13.2% | 2 | Beaches | $7,397,124 | 73.4% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $9,987,496 | -18.5% | 13.1% | 3 | The Accidental Tourist | $6,349,988 | 63.6% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 6 | $9,656,406 | +93% | 12.7% | 3 | Mississippi Burning | $5,755,037 | 59.6% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $6,512,193 | -20.6% | 8.5% | 3 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $5,750,778 | 88.3% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $5,949,555 | -11.3% | 7.8% | 1 | Working Girl | $5,949,555 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 10 | $2,435,817 | +454.2% | 3.2% | 2 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $1,899,858 | 78% | 5 | United Artists | - |
