| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $14,158,181 | -15.3% | 1,194 | +409 | $11,857 | $31,976,593 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Three Men and a Baby | $7,479,562 | -29.2% | 1,813 | - | $4,125 | $115,207,818 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Moonstruck | $6,417,032 | -11.2% | 635 | - | $10,105 | $14,977,902 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | For Keeps? | $3,453,168 | -43.1% | 959 | +37 | $3,600 | $9,516,967 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Broadcast News | $3,330,467 | -28.6% | 773 | +25 | $4,308 | $31,928,229 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Braddock: Missing in Action III | $2,889,754 | - | 1,040 | - | $2,778 | $2,889,754 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Couch Trip | $2,733,146 | -39.3% | 1,331 | -1 | $2,053 | $7,239,034 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Throw Momma from the Train | $2,639,136 | -29.5% | 1,440 | -95 | $1,832 | $50,269,983 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Fatal Attraction | $2,292,839 | -17.7% | 1,021 | -33 | $2,245 | $139,092,074 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Return of the Living Dead II | $2,275,130 | -50.3% | 1,452 | -15 | $1,566 | $6,851,804 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | $2,252,028 | -38.7% | 1,053 | -168 | $2,138 | $46,392,027 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Wall Street | $2,044,827 | -27.5% | 883 | -84 | $2,315 | $32,570,997 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Overboard | $1,505,811 | -24.4% | 1,107 | +111 | $1,360 | $21,164,711 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | *batteries not included | $1,482,810 | -41.6% | 1,073 | -149 | $1,381 | $27,835,834 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | $1,211,734 | -35.2% | 898 | -183 | $1,349 | $46,737,132 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Empire of the Sun | $1,000,495 | -31.5% | 409 | -119 | $2,446 | $17,629,026 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Last Emperor | $949,481 | +0.9% | 108 | +17 | $8,791 | $9,049,417 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Five Corners | $114,603 | - | 12 | - | $9,550 | $114,603 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 19 | - | The Telephone | $78,301 | - | 50 | - | $1,566 | $78,301 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | - | Promised Land | $44,105 | - | 6 | - | $7,350 | $44,105 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | - | The Family | $15,420 | - | 1 | - | $15,420 | $15,420 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
| 22 | - | King Lear | $13,679 | - | 1 | - | $13,679 | $13,679 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
