| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Dragnet | $14,869,580 | $10,542,669 | 70.9% | $4,326,911 | 29.1% | 1,337 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Spaceballs | $13,577,211 | $6,613,837 | 48.7% | $6,963,374 | 51.3% | 1,384 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | The Witches of Eastwick | $9,606,530 | $6,309,402 | 65.7% | $3,297,128 | 34.3% | 1,317 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $8,654,649 | $5,559,475 | 64.2% | $3,095,174 | 35.8% | 2,191 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Predator | $8,072,282 | $5,222,538 | 64.7% | $2,849,744 | 35.3% | 1,632 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Untouchables | $7,864,696 | $5,070,891 | 64.5% | $2,793,805 | 35.5% | 1,491 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Roxanne | $6,128,885 | $3,820,296 | 62.3% | $2,308,589 | 37.7% | 857 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Benji the Hunted | $5,845,625 | $3,510,973 | 60.1% | $2,334,652 | 39.9% | 1,188 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Full Metal Jacket | $3,652,335 | $2,217,307 | 60.7% | $1,435,028 | 39.3% | 215 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Harry and the Hendersons | $3,545,340 | $2,293,075 | 64.7% | $1,252,265 | 35.3% | 1,369 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Believers | $2,613,892 | $1,738,342 | 66.5% | $875,550 | 33.5% | 1,326 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Secret of My Success | $1,525,095 | $1,010,170 | 66.2% | $514,925 | 33.8% | 949 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ernest Goes to Camp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Platoon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gothic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
