| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Money Pit | $9,045,260 | $5,344,555 | 59.1% | $3,700,705 | 40.9% | 1,189 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $8,234,311 | $5,750,986 | 69.8% | $2,483,325 | 30.2% | 1,788 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | April Fool's Day | $5,435,390 | $3,373,779 | 62.1% | $2,061,611 | 37.9% | 1,202 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Gung Ho | $4,890,994 | $3,491,801 | 71.4% | $1,399,193 | 28.6% | 1,175 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release | $3,443,364 | $1,843,917 | 53.6% | $1,599,447 | 46.4% | 1,159 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Color Purple | $3,043,446 | $2,004,556 | 65.9% | $1,038,890 | 34.1% | 1,046 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Pretty in Pink | $3,019,760 | $2,029,357 | 67.2% | $990,403 | 32.8% | 1,085 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Out of Africa | $2,919,155 | $2,002,200 | 68.6% | $916,955 | 31.4% | 885 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $2,292,238 | $1,707,582 | 74.5% | $584,656 | 25.5% | 938 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $2,260,713 | $1,612,132 | 71.3% | $648,581 | 28.7% | 759 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | $2,055,588 | $1,211,406 | 58.9% | $844,182 | 41.1% | 1,476 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Lucas | $1,874,342 | $1,250,101 | 66.7% | $624,241 | 33.3% | 628 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Ginger & Fred | $34,785 | $22,725 | 65.3% | $12,060 | 34.7% | 1 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Wildcats | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | House | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Just Between Friends | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rad | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Kiss of the Spider Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | Island Alive | - | false |
| - | Crossroads | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Murphy's Romance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
