| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Cobra | $18,933,359 | $12,653,032 | 66.8% | $6,280,327 | 33.2% | 2,131 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $14,559,697 | - | - | - | - | 1,596 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Top Gun | $11,919,174 | - | - | - | - | 1,056 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Short Circuit | $6,308,345 | - | - | - | - | 1,310 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Sweet Liberty | $3,688,120 | - | - | - | - | 1,238 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $2,001,904 | - | - | - | - | 977 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,149,795 | - | - | - | - | 784 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | $765,126 | - | - | - | - | 540 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Gung Ho | $730,843 | - | - | - | - | 609 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $700,263 | - | - | - | - | 332 | 16 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | - | - | 581 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Color Purple | - | - | - | - | - | 442 | 23 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Desert Bloom | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fire with Fire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | No Retreat, No Surrender | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wise Guys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Money Pit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Blue City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
