| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lethal Weapon | $9,825,075 | $6,829,949 | 69.5% | $2,995,126 | 30.5% | 1,256 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Platoon | $8,502,112 | $6,109,812 | 71.9% | $2,392,300 | 28.1% | 1,554 | 12 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | $8,443,627 | $6,743,712 | 79.9% | $1,699,915 | 20.1% | 1,378 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 4 | Angel Heart | $5,018,732 | $3,688,721 | 73.5% | $1,330,011 | 26.5% | 815 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Outrageous Fortune | $4,229,640 | $3,307,041 | 78.2% | $922,599 | 21.8% | 1,251 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Some Kind of Wonderful | $3,924,012 | $3,115,756 | 79.4% | $808,256 | 20.6% | 1,082 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Hoosiers | $3,736,655 | $2,846,849 | 76.2% | $889,806 | 23.8% | 1,048 | 17 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Mannequin | $3,702,508 | $2,959,244 | 79.9% | $743,264 | 20.1% | 978 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Black Widow | $2,124,926 | $1,589,628 | 74.8% | $535,298 | 25.2% | 739 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Crocodile Dundee | $1,957,939 | $1,454,603 | 74.3% | $503,336 | 25.7% | 1,012 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Radio Days | $1,272,542 | $964,160 | 75.8% | $308,382 | 24.2% | 467 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Over the Top | $1,142,859 | $871,267 | 76.2% | $271,592 | 23.8% | 976 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | A Room with a View | $352,486 | - | - | - | - | 137 | 53 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Tin Men | $301,842 | $187,381 | 62.1% | $114,461 | 37.9% | 9 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Witchboard | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 11 | Palisades Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Hit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Island Alive | - | false |
| - | Light of Day | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Beyond Therapy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Stepfather | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | New Century | - | false |
| - | Death Before Dishonor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
