| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Golden Child | $13,060,527 | $7,877,899 | 60.3% | $5,182,628 | 39.7% | 1,667 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $10,212,641 | $5,809,960 | 56.9% | $4,402,681 | 43.1% | 1,886 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Three Amigos! | $7,202,965 | $4,303,619 | 59.8% | $2,899,346 | 40.2% | 1,461 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Little Shop of Horrors | $6,369,566 | $3,659,884 | 57.5% | $2,709,682 | 42.5% | 866 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Heartbreak Ridge | $5,767,408 | $3,493,085 | 60.6% | $2,274,323 | 39.4% | 1,647 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | $5,329,226 | $2,804,272 | 52.6% | $2,524,954 | 47.4% | 1,355 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Crocodile Dundee | $4,740,869 | $2,282,721 | 48.2% | $2,458,148 | 51.8% | 1,256 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | An American Tail | $3,793,364 | $1,932,665 | 51% | $1,860,699 | 49% | 1,126 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | No Mercy | $3,535,125 | $2,198,069 | 62.2% | $1,337,056 | 37.8% | 1,206 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Crimes of the Heart | $2,743,904 | $1,692,851 | 61.7% | $1,051,053 | 38.3% | 446 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 11 | The Mosquito Coast | $2,683,562 | $1,596,509 | 59.5% | $1,087,053 | 40.5% | 451 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | King Kong Lives | $1,902,984 | $1,172,942 | 61.6% | $730,042 | 38.4% | 1,105 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | The Color of Money | $739,143 | $404,195 | 54.7% | $334,948 | 45.3% | 554 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Platoon | $448,686 | $241,080 | 53.7% | $207,606 | 46.3% | 6 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Duet for One | $1,587 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Stand by Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Soul Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Song of the South 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Peggy Sue Got Married | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
