| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Platoon | $11,107,214 | $8,216,207 | 74% | $2,891,007 | 26% | 1,291 | 10 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Outrageous Fortune | $6,281,015 | $4,550,412 | 72.4% | $1,730,603 | 27.6% | 1,316 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Mannequin | $6,023,324 | $5,006,984 | 83.1% | $1,016,340 | 16.9% | 969 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Over the Top | $4,300,496 | $3,480,557 | 80.9% | $819,939 | 19.1% | 1,758 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Black Widow | $3,672,233 | $2,831,190 | 77.1% | $841,043 | 22.9% | 754 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Crocodile Dundee | $2,759,918 | $2,115,716 | 76.7% | $644,202 | 23.3% | 1,186 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Death Before Dishonor | $2,406,787 | $1,847,950 | 76.8% | $558,837 | 23.2% | 776 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Radio Days | $2,028,153 | $1,569,079 | 77.4% | $459,074 | 22.6% | 417 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Light of Day | $1,729,472 | $1,395,372 | 80.7% | $334,100 | 19.3% | 1,023 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | From the Hip | $1,616,423 | $1,271,161 | 78.6% | $345,262 | 21.4% | 736 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 11 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $1,243,144 | $962,654 | 77.4% | $280,490 | 22.6% | 623 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Golden Child | $986,796 | $769,934 | 78% | $216,862 | 22% | 636 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | $54,735 | $48,438 | 88.5% | $6,297 | 11.5% | 28 | 1 | New Century | - | false |
| - | Return to Horror High | - | $198,533 | - | - | - | 227 | 7 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Betty Blue | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 16 | Alive Films | - | false |
| - | Critical Condition | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
