| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Secret of My Success | $5,790,070 | $4,609,670 | 79.6% | $1,180,400 | 20.4% | 1,333 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Creepshow 2 | $4,398,635 | $3,584,077 | 81.5% | $814,558 | 18.5% | 867 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Extreme Prejudice | $2,710,886 | $2,060,886 | 76% | $650,000 | 24% | 1,071 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Blind Date | $2,599,212 | $2,299,239 | 88.5% | $299,973 | 11.5% | 1,299 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Project X | $2,525,215 | $2,037,468 | 80.7% | $487,747 | 19.3% | 1,024 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon | $2,262,251 | $1,665,998 | 73.6% | $596,253 | 26.4% | 1,132 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Platoon | $2,243,788 | $1,577,689 | 70.3% | $666,099 | 29.7% | 1,306 | 20 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Raising Arizona | $1,896,395 | $1,462,587 | 77.1% | $433,808 | 22.9% | 666 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Malone | $1,879,743 | $1,377,691 | 73.3% | $502,052 | 26.7% | 1,326 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Allnighter | $1,757,367 | $1,419,581 | 80.8% | $337,786 | 19.2% | 977 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Aristocats 1987 Re-release | $1,670,902 | $1,418,149 | 84.9% | $252,753 | 15.1% | 1,405 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | $1,523,987 | $1,216,632 | 79.8% | $307,355 | 20.2% | 1,185 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | $1,321,436 | $1,039,301 | 78.6% | $282,135 | 21.4% | 397 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 14 | My Life as a Dog | $19,398 | $11,667 | 60.2% | $7,731 | 39.8% | 1 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Forever, Lulu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pumping Iron II: The Women | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Evil Dead II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | 84 Charing Cross Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Tin Men | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | My Demon Lover | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
