| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Lean on Me | $5,032,605 | - | 894 | - | $5,629 | $5,032,605 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 3 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $4,451,440 | -4.4% | 1,314 | +86 | $3,387 | $17,430,283 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The 'Burbs | $4,312,410 | -28.4% | 1,831 | -125 | $2,355 | $24,543,552 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Rain Man | $3,858,147 | -18.1% | 1,580 | -10 | $2,441 | $121,784,071 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | Dream a Little Dream | $2,568,963 | - | 1,019 | - | $2,521 | $2,568,963 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Three Fugitives | $2,516,263 | -8.2% | 1,230 | -124 | $2,045 | $32,882,158 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Skin Deep | $2,460,262 | - | 489 | - | $5,031 | $2,460,262 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | Dangerous Liaisons | $2,263,595 | -20.3% | 762 | - | $2,970 | $18,718,126 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Cousins | $2,233,755 | -0.9% | 747 | - | $2,990 | $13,561,113 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Beaches | $2,020,214 | -12.6% | 961 | -96 | $2,102 | $41,668,869 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Working Girl | $1,604,923 | -13.5% | 942 | -21 | $1,703 | $52,528,964 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Mississippi Burning | $1,239,156 | -19.1% | 1,028 | -97 | $1,205 | $27,590,949 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Twins | $1,217,935 | -19.8% | 1,042 | -122 | $1,168 | $101,244,640 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | True Believer | $1,166,223 | -35.6% | 778 | -117 | $1,499 | $7,120,202 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Farewell to the King | $1,150,531 | - | 650 | - | $1,770 | $1,150,531 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 8 | The Fly II | $1,070,810 | -48% | 728 | -582 | $1,470 | $17,185,115 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | - | New York Stories | $432,337 | - | 12 | - | $36,028 | $432,337 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Out Cold | $201,499 | - | 142 | - | $1,419 | $201,499 | 1 | Hemdale | true | false |
| 19 | - | Hit List | $3,195 | - | 3 | - | $1,065 | $3,195 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
