| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $23,907,073 | $17,126,642 | 71.6% | $6,780,431 | 28.4% | 2,326 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Ernest Goes to Camp | $4,850,973 | $3,614,414 | 74.5% | $1,236,559 | 25.5% | 1,541 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Secret of My Success | $3,392,440 | $2,467,770 | 72.7% | $924,670 | 27.3% | 1,295 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Ishtar | $2,141,544 | $1,623,167 | 75.8% | $518,377 | 24.2% | 1,104 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Gate | $2,095,992 | $1,539,726 | 73.5% | $556,266 | 26.5% | 1,104 | 3 | New Century | - | false |
| 6 | Creepshow 2 | $1,980,090 | $1,419,959 | 71.7% | $560,131 | 28.3% | 1,012 | 5 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Chipmunk Adventure | $1,453,486 | $1,153,486 | 79.4% | $300,000 | 20.6% | 900 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 8 | Platoon | $1,221,159 | $850,043 | 69.6% | $371,116 | 30.4% | 883 | 24 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Lethal Weapon | $1,183,306 | $830,816 | 70.2% | $352,490 | 29.8% | 859 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Crocodile Dundee | $968,122 | $700,014 | 72.3% | $268,108 | 27.7% | 671 | 36 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Raising Arizona | $931,318 | $655,733 | 70.4% | $275,585 | 29.6% | 634 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Blind Date | $845,049 | $720,049 | 85.2% | $125,000 | 14.8% | 737 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Summer Heat | $163,580 | $114,873 | 70.2% | $48,707 | 29.8% | 36 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Swimming to Cambodia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Project X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
