| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $13,081,326 | +37.7% | 26.4% | 3 | Lean on Me | $5,868,188 | 44.9% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 5 | $7,124,350 | +9.4% | 14.4% | 3 | New York Stories | $3,222,366 | 45.2% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,787,724 | -0.5% | 13.7% | 3 | Skin Deep | $5,178,308 | 76.3% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,679,275 | -31.2% | 9.5% | 2 | The 'Burbs | $3,322,875 | 71% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $4,409,681 | -12% | 8.9% | 1 | Rain Man | $4,409,681 | 100% | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 2 | $4,234,596 | -51.2% | 8.6% | 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $4,234,596 | 100% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,100,277 | -28% | 4.2% | 1 | Cousins | $2,100,277 | 100% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,489,774 | -47.4% | 3% | 1 | Dream a Little Dream | $1,489,774 | 100% | 2 | Vestron Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $826,449 | -46% | 1.7% | 3 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $802,488 | 97.1% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
