| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $23,907,073 | -40.3% | 2,326 | - | $10,278 | $71,555,799 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Ernest Goes to Camp | $4,850,973 | -32% | 1,541 | - | $3,147 | $11,981,507 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Secret of My Success | $3,392,440 | -21.4% | 1,295 | -34 | $2,619 | $52,553,376 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Ishtar | $2,141,544 | -45.5% | 1,104 | -1 | $1,939 | $11,768,976 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Gate | $2,095,992 | -37.5% | 1,104 | -44 | $1,898 | $10,838,681 | 3 | New Century | false | false |
| 6 | 11 | Creepshow 2 | $1,980,090 | +74.7% | 1,012 | +326 | $1,956 | $11,435,043 | 5 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Chipmunk Adventure | $1,453,486 | -48.6% | 900 | -16 | $1,614 | $4,279,012 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Platoon | $1,221,159 | -26.6% | 883 | -95 | $1,382 | $130,971,159 | 24 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Lethal Weapon | $1,183,306 | -20.6% | 859 | -13 | $1,377 | $60,284,769 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $968,122 | - | 671 | - | $1,442 | $169,282,313 | 36 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Raising Arizona | $931,318 | -20% | 634 | -25 | $1,468 | $18,945,857 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Blind Date | $845,049 | -35.3% | 737 | -89 | $1,146 | $37,647,732 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Summer Heat | $163,580 | - | 36 | - | $4,543 | $163,580 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
