| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $11,001,747 | $7,602,740 | 69.1% | $3,399,007 | 30.9% | 758 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Principal | $5,858,710 | $4,297,710 | 73.4% | $1,561,000 | 26.6% | 1,196 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Hellraiser | $5,697,211 | $4,453,232 | 78.2% | $1,243,979 | 21.8% | 1,097 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Pick-up Artist | $5,374,976 | $4,455,516 | 82.9% | $919,460 | 17.1% | 1,129 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Stakeout | $4,154,736 | $3,322,349 | 80% | $832,387 | 20% | 1,331 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $3,276,960 | $2,471,555 | 75.4% | $805,405 | 24.6% | 994 | 5 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | No Way Out | $2,397,114 | $1,808,826 | 75.5% | $588,288 | 24.5% | 1,068 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | La Bamba | $2,132,773 | $1,788,161 | 83.8% | $344,612 | 16.2% | 1,059 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Big Easy | $1,731,453 | $1,446,211 | 83.5% | $285,242 | 16.5% | 949 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Can't Buy Me Love | $1,693,570 | $1,377,630 | 81.3% | $315,940 | 18.7% | 961 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Hamburger Hill | $1,125,143 | $795,093 | 70.7% | $330,050 | 29.3% | 737 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | RoboCop | $957,676 | $696,944 | 72.8% | $260,732 | 27.2% | 598 | 10 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Amazon Women on the Moon | $236,805 | $171,723 | 72.5% | $65,082 | 27.5% | 50 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Maurice | $94,782 | $49,278 | 52% | $45,504 | 48% | 1 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | In the Mood | $72,484 | $45,118 | 62.2% | $27,366 | 37.8% | 5 | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Orphans | $21,674 | $14,588 | 67.3% | $7,086 | 32.7% | 1 | 1 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wish You Were Here | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Morons from Outer Space | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Lost Boys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Fourth Protocol | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Witness in the War Zone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Born in East L.A. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Prayer for the Dying | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | The Curse | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| - | The Living Daylights | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | United Artists | - | false |
