| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Untouchables | $18,206,691 | $10,023,094 | 55% | $8,183,597 | 45% | 1,012 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $17,599,779 | $12,424,035 | 70.6% | $5,175,744 | 29.4% | 2,326 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Harry and the Hendersons | $6,247,740 | $4,154,740 | 66.5% | $2,093,000 | 33.5% | 1,418 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Ernest Goes to Camp | $3,402,481 | $2,352,018 | 69.1% | $1,050,463 | 30.9% | 1,500 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Secret of My Success | $2,958,635 | $2,036,125 | 68.8% | $922,510 | 31.2% | 1,253 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Gate | $1,461,825 | $1,033,829 | 70.7% | $427,996 | 29.3% | 967 | 4 | New Century | - | false |
| 7 | Platoon | $1,249,938 | $784,403 | 62.8% | $465,535 | 37.2% | 782 | 25 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Crocodile Dundee | $978,897 | $645,305 | 65.9% | $333,592 | 34.1% | 595 | 37 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Ishtar | $946,216 | $946,216 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,094 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Creepshow 2 | $895,738 | $895,738 | 100% | $0 | - | 973 | 6 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Chipmunk Adventure | $777,852 | $713,621 | 91.7% | $64,231 | 8.3% | 875 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 12 | Lethal Weapon | $693,510 | $693,510 | 100% | $0 | - | 716 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Captive Hearts | $46,375 | $32,462 | 70% | $13,913 | 30% | 41 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Benji the Hunted | $41,546 | $21,530 | 51.8% | $20,016 | 48.2% | 1 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Shadey | $2,219 | $1,314 | 59.2% | $905 | 40.8% | 1 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hollywood Shuffle | - | - | - | - | - | 81 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Personal Services | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | 4 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Windrider | - | $8,121 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Summer Heat | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Raising Arizona | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Blind Date | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
