| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | $11,769,915 | $7,900,879 | 67.1% | $3,869,036 | 32.9% | 1,351 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Full Metal Jacket | $9,552,162 | $6,079,963 | 63.6% | $3,472,199 | 36.4% | 881 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Dragnet | $7,870,690 | $5,348,065 | 68% | $2,522,625 | 32% | 1,339 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Adventures in Babysitting | $6,909,599 | $4,204,005 | 60.8% | $2,705,594 | 39.2% | 1,148 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Innerspace | $6,679,382 | $4,300,503 | 64.4% | $2,378,879 | 35.6% | 1,603 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Witches of Eastwick | $5,499,789 | $3,653,639 | 66.4% | $1,846,150 | 33.6% | 1,281 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $5,294,041 | $3,501,874 | 66.2% | $1,792,167 | 33.8% | 1,627 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Spaceballs | $5,051,460 | $3,203,407 | 63.4% | $1,848,053 | 36.6% | 1,372 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | The Untouchables | $4,858,981 | $3,211,390 | 66.1% | $1,647,591 | 33.9% | 1,369 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Roxanne | $4,583,933 | $3,026,596 | 66% | $1,557,337 | 34% | 1,124 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Predator | $4,311,172 | $2,877,820 | 66.8% | $1,433,352 | 33.2% | 1,427 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Benji the Hunted | $3,013,915 | $1,781,141 | 59.1% | $1,232,774 | 40.9% | 1,151 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Squeeze | $1,926,800 | $1,380,800 | 71.7% | $546,000 | 28.3% | 1,152 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | White Water Summer | $199,438 | $122,934 | 61.6% | $76,504 | 38.4% | 105 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Whistle Blower | $52,527 | $30,035 | 57.2% | $22,492 | 42.8% | 1 | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 16 | O.C. and Stiggs | $8,835 | $6,273 | 71% | $2,562 | 29% | 18 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Harry and the Hendersons | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
