| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Predator | $17,512,969 | $12,031,638 | 68.7% | $5,481,331 | 31.3% | 1,623 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Witches of Eastwick | $14,789,334 | $9,454,238 | 63.9% | $5,335,096 | 36.1% | 1,103 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $12,662,492 | $8,592,335 | 67.9% | $4,070,157 | 32.1% | 2,326 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Untouchables | $10,457,489 | $7,013,085 | 67.1% | $3,444,404 | 32.9% | 1,012 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Believers | $8,108,346 | $4,342,732 | 53.6% | $3,765,614 | 46.4% | 1,534 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Harry and the Hendersons | $6,286,998 | $4,193,643 | 66.7% | $2,093,355 | 33.3% | 1,419 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Ernest Goes to Camp | $2,437,427 | $1,620,431 | 66.5% | $816,996 | 33.5% | 1,321 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Secret of My Success | $2,313,705 | $1,431,055 | 61.8% | $882,650 | 38.2% | 1,109 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Million Dollar Mystery | $792,088 | $513,731 | 64.9% | $278,357 | 35.1% | 1,396 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 10 | Platoon | $781,634 | $540,865 | 69.2% | $240,769 | 30.8% | 609 | 26 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Crocodile Dundee | $720,044 | $473,826 | 65.8% | $246,218 | 34.2% | 457 | 38 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Chipmunk Adventure | $609,634 | $496,589 | 81.5% | $113,045 | 18.5% | 669 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Prick Up Your Ears | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Ishtar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Creepshow 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Personal Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lethal Weapon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Captive Hearts | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Gate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | New Century | - | false |
| - | Hollywood Shuffle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
