| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Platoon | $15,759,082 | - | - | - | - | 1,194 | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Outrageous Fortune | $7,535,380 | - | - | - | - | 1,302 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Mannequin | $7,064,981 | - | - | - | - | 932 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Over the Top | $6,164,741 | - | - | - | - | 1,758 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Black Widow | $4,933,032 | - | - | - | - | 736 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Crocodile Dundee | $3,291,332 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | From the Hip | $2,663,478 | - | - | - | - | 971 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 8 | Light of Day | $2,425,006 | - | - | - | - | 1,040 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $1,648,874 | - | - | - | - | 717 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Radio Days | $1,616,562 | - | - | - | - | 140 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Mission | $1,361,425 | - | - | - | - | 643 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Golden Child | $1,347,057 | - | - | - | - | 748 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Critical Condition | $1,116,129 | - | - | - | - | 759 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,084,656 | - | - | - | - | 463 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Re-release | $985,574 | - | - | - | - | 255 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | 84 Charing Cross Road | $33,172 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Good Father | $25,815 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Bedroom Window | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | Dead of Winter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Little Shop of Horrors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | True Stories | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Bay Boy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
