| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $6,801,692 | -21.4% | 1,598 | - | $4,256 | $80,061,882 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Frantic | $5,753,683 | - | 1,101 | - | $5,225 | $5,753,683 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Shoot to Kill | $4,696,929 | -25.8% | 1,482 | -37 | $3,169 | $18,111,280 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Moonstruck | $4,474,815 | -26.5% | 1,178 | +10 | $3,798 | $42,383,215 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Three Men and a Baby | $3,652,581 | -17.7% | 1,615 | -74 | $2,261 | $141,136,045 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | $3,247,318 | - | 881 | - | $3,685 | $3,247,318 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Action Jackson | $3,155,598 | -31.8% | 1,243 | -6 | $2,538 | $14,237,128 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Broadcast News | $1,798,120 | -16.5% | 826 | +28 | $2,176 | $42,976,776 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $1,734,705 | -41.2% | 874 | -337 | $1,984 | $16,933,346 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | She's Having a Baby | $1,706,458 | -35.5% | 1,009 | -104 | $1,691 | $12,806,452 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Last Emperor | $1,606,492 | -27.4% | 377 | +2 | $4,261 | $18,115,865 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | School Daze | $1,353,967 | -17.2% | 202 | -22 | $6,702 | $5,146,030 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Fatal Attraction | $1,220,540 | -32.8% | 718 | -210 | $1,699 | $146,820,971 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Ironweed | $1,137,504 | -37.6% | 562 | -38 | $2,024 | $6,096,631 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Satisfaction | $1,088,293 | -50.2% | 742 | -276 | $1,466 | $6,588,044 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | Hairspray | $808,610 | - | 79 | - | $10,235 | $808,610 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $792,687 | +180.9% | 80 | +65 | $9,908 | $1,735,498 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Hope and Glory | $769,691 | -22.9% | 328 | +5 | $2,346 | $7,265,838 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Bloodsport | $690,524 | - | 123 | - | $5,614 | $690,524 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 20 | - | Taffin | $159,969 | - | 204 | - | $784 | $159,969 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
