| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Legend | $5,657,264 | $4,261,154 | 75.3% | $1,396,110 | 24.7% | 1,187 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Murphy's Law | $4,446,414 | $3,388,907 | 76.2% | $1,057,507 | 23.8% | 1,260 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 3 | The Money Pit | $3,541,562 | $2,739,752 | 77.4% | $801,810 | 22.6% | 1,137 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $3,089,468 | $2,372,540 | 76.8% | $716,928 | 23.2% | 1,490 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Gung Ho | $2,012,372 | $1,559,525 | 77.5% | $452,847 | 22.5% | 1,009 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Wise Guys | $1,846,471 | $1,324,456 | 71.7% | $522,015 | 28.3% | 338 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | The Color Purple | $1,752,657 | $1,200,069 | 68.5% | $552,588 | 31.5% | 890 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | $1,633,996 | $1,233,681 | 75.5% | $400,315 | 24.5% | 915 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Critters | $1,429,476 | $1,087,066 | 76% | $342,410 | 24% | 493 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 10 | Band of the Hand | $1,332,976 | $1,082,976 | 81.2% | $250,000 | 18.8% | 928 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Off Beat | $1,287,766 | $1,020,830 | 79.3% | $266,936 | 20.7% | 1,113 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,196,013 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Water | $728,766 | $510,136 | 70% | $218,630 | 30% | 248 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 14 | At Close Range | $255,704 | $180,286 | 70.5% | $75,418 | 29.5% | 39 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Violets Are Blue... | $213,150 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Desert Bloom | $36,361 | $22,797 | 62.7% | $13,564 | 37.3% | 2 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | - | $905,760 | - | - | - | 349 | 25 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Out of Africa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | April Fool's Day | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lucas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Absolute Beginners | - | $83,743 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
