| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $40,032,930 | $26,348,555 | 65.8% | $13,684,375 | 34.2% | 2,326 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Ernest Goes to Camp | $7,130,534 | - | - | - | - | 1,541 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Secret of My Success | $4,313,520 | - | - | - | - | 1,329 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Ishtar | $3,927,051 | - | - | - | - | 1,105 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Gate | $3,354,582 | - | - | - | - | 1,148 | 2 | New Century | - | false |
| 6 | The Chipmunk Adventure | $2,825,526 | - | - | - | - | 916 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 7 | Platoon | $1,662,606 | - | - | - | - | 978 | 23 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Lethal Weapon | $1,490,336 | - | - | - | - | 872 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Blind Date | $1,305,225 | - | - | - | - | 826 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Raising Arizona | $1,164,804 | - | - | - | - | 659 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Creepshow 2 | $1,133,660 | - | - | - | - | 686 | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Project X | $1,084,676 | - | - | - | - | 806 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | - | - | 671 | 35 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Swimming to Cambodia | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 11 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gardens of Stone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Extreme Prejudice | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hot Pursuit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
