| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Dragnet | $12,688,484 | $7,042,650 | 55.5% | $5,645,834 | 44.5% | 1,343 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Innerspace | $10,037,049 | $4,739,913 | 47.2% | $5,297,136 | 52.8% | 1,603 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Spaceballs | $7,745,042 | $4,779,962 | 61.7% | $2,965,080 | 38.3% | 1,389 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Adventures in Babysitting | $7,202,920 | $2,901,297 | 40.3% | $4,301,623 | 59.7% | 1,126 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $7,115,333 | $4,532,907 | 63.7% | $2,582,426 | 36.3% | 1,980 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Witches of Eastwick | $6,761,233 | $4,255,271 | 62.9% | $2,505,962 | 37.1% | 1,337 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Untouchables | $6,324,955 | $4,042,613 | 63.9% | $2,282,342 | 36.1% | 1,476 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Predator | $6,201,335 | $4,000,063 | 64.5% | $2,201,272 | 35.5% | 1,597 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Roxanne | $5,363,177 | $3,284,539 | 61.2% | $2,078,638 | 38.8% | 1,033 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Benji the Hunted | $4,085,384 | $2,411,336 | 59% | $1,674,048 | 41% | 1,188 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Full Metal Jacket | $3,281,345 | $2,002,890 | 61% | $1,278,455 | 39% | 215 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Harry and the Hendersons | $2,094,540 | $1,198,355 | 57.2% | $896,185 | 42.8% | 1,136 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Believers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Secret of My Success | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
