| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | $6,782,902 | $4,729,337 | 69.7% | $2,053,565 | 30.3% | 1,341 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | No Way Out | $5,485,350 | $3,836,757 | 70% | $1,648,593 | 30% | 1,128 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Dirty Dancing | $5,217,488 | $3,666,750 | 70.3% | $1,550,738 | 29.7% | 975 | 2 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Hamburger Hill | $4,926,209 | $3,360,705 | 68.2% | $1,565,504 | 31.8% | 814 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Fourth Protocol | $4,840,550 | $3,636,831 | 75.1% | $1,203,719 | 24.9% | 1,061 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Big Easy | $4,300,396 | $3,027,308 | 70.4% | $1,273,088 | 29.6% | 1,138 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Can't Buy Me Love | $4,022,763 | $2,711,021 | 67.4% | $1,311,742 | 32.6% | 1,216 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | La Bamba | $3,744,223 | $2,637,528 | 70.4% | $1,106,695 | 29.6% | 1,093 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | House II: The Second Story | $3,473,919 | $2,573,934 | 74.1% | $899,985 | 25.9% | 1,069 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Born in East L.A. | $3,422,240 | $2,470,800 | 72.2% | $951,440 | 27.8% | 1,065 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Living Daylights | $3,019,984 | $2,109,503 | 69.8% | $910,481 | 30.2% | 1,298 | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| 12 | RoboCop | $2,151,087 | $1,434,833 | 66.7% | $716,254 | 33.3% | 896 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Lost Boys | $2,096,591 | $1,398,408 | 66.7% | $698,183 | 33.3% | 996 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Matewan | $39,111 | $23,850 | 61% | $15,261 | 39% | 1 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Apocalypse Now 1987 Re-release | $26,208 | $15,513 | 59.2% | $10,695 | 40.8% | 6 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Maid to Order | - | $1,065,898 | - | - | - | 522 | 5 | New Century | - | false |
| - | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Masters of the Universe | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Summer School | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Garbage Pail Kids Movie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Back to the Beach | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Full Metal Jacket | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Disorderlies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Orion Classics | - | false |
