| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | $5,411,003 | $4,202,518 | 77.7% | $1,208,485 | 22.3% | 1,364 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Dirty Dancing | $4,591,369 | $3,542,221 | 77.2% | $1,049,148 | 22.8% | 1,009 | 4 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | No Way Out | $3,510,038 | $2,626,761 | 74.8% | $883,277 | 25.2% | 1,118 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Big Easy | $3,080,417 | $2,348,285 | 76.2% | $732,132 | 23.8% | 1,145 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | La Bamba | $2,745,190 | $2,194,731 | 80% | $550,459 | 20% | 1,192 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Can't Buy Me Love | $2,536,121 | $2,015,134 | 79.5% | $520,987 | 20.5% | 1,143 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Hamburger Hill | $2,032,296 | $1,450,736 | 71.4% | $581,560 | 28.6% | 810 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Fourth Protocol | $2,016,401 | $1,538,895 | 76.3% | $477,506 | 23.7% | 932 | 3 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | RoboCop | $1,491,209 | $1,075,909 | 72.2% | $415,300 | 27.8% | 791 | 9 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Curse | $1,483,209 | $1,169,922 | 78.9% | $313,287 | 21.1% | 326 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| 11 | Born in East L.A. | $1,401,680 | $1,154,730 | 82.4% | $246,950 | 17.6% | 631 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Living Daylights | $1,374,355 | $1,050,854 | 76.5% | $323,501 | 23.5% | 858 | 7 | United Artists | - | false |
| 13 | The Lost Boys | $1,217,591 | $891,635 | 73.2% | $325,956 | 26.8% | 751 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | A Prayer for the Dying | $1,158,151 | $881,793 | 76.1% | $276,358 | 23.9% | 407 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 15 | Witness in the War Zone | $115,574 | $86,681 | 75% | $28,893 | 25% | 46 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | $39,840 | $25,998 | 65.3% | $13,842 | 34.7% | 1 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | In the Mood | $5,153 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | House II: The Second Story | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Maid to Order | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | New Century | - | false |
| - | Coming Up Roses | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Whistle Blower | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Hemdale | - | false |
