| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Platoon | $11,735,758 | $8,179,149 | 69.7% | $3,556,609 | 30.3% | 856 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Outrageous Fortune | $6,910,219 | $5,424,033 | 78.5% | $1,486,186 | 21.5% | 1,084 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Black Widow | $4,534,256 | $3,426,831 | 75.6% | $1,107,425 | 24.4% | 735 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Light of Day | $4,248,310 | $3,536,309 | 83.2% | $712,001 | 16.8% | 1,041 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Crocodile Dundee | $3,304,091 | $2,589,206 | 78.4% | $714,885 | 21.6% | 1,256 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | From the Hip | $3,056,168 | $2,645,437 | 86.6% | $410,731 | 13.4% | 970 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 7 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $2,038,329 | $1,608,416 | 78.9% | $429,913 | 21.1% | 1,018 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Critical Condition | $2,020,497 | $1,616,394 | 80% | $404,103 | 20% | 1,222 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Golden Child | $1,950,563 | $1,566,672 | 80.3% | $383,891 | 19.7% | 1,109 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Radio Days | $1,707,895 | $1,318,002 | 77.2% | $389,893 | 22.8% | 135 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Little Shop of Horrors | $1,394,507 | $1,112,016 | 79.7% | $282,491 | 20.3% | 871 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Mission | $1,363,576 | $963,000 | 70.6% | $400,576 | 29.4% | 730 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Bedroom Window | $1,266,430 | $1,054,643 | 83.3% | $211,787 | 16.7% | 770 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 14 | Dead of Winter | $1,225,437 | $951,548 | 77.6% | $273,889 | 22.4% | 491 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Children of a Lesser God | $159,712 | $105,911 | 66.3% | $53,801 | 33.7% | 93 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | A Room with a View | $103,342 | $75,973 | 73.5% | $27,369 | 26.5% | 35 | 49 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Good Father | $3,825 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Crimes of the Heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | Lust in the Dust | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
