| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $10,880,016 | $7,707,763 | 70.8% | $3,172,253 | 29.2% | 777 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Principal | $4,474,772 | $3,546,772 | 79.3% | $928,000 | 20.7% | 1,196 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Hellraiser | $3,396,827 | $2,657,528 | 78.2% | $739,299 | 21.8% | 1,104 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Stakeout | $3,225,792 | $2,552,420 | 79.1% | $673,372 | 20.9% | 1,316 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Pick-up Artist | $3,066,671 | $2,490,678 | 81.2% | $575,993 | 18.8% | 1,132 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Dirty Dancing | $2,858,262 | $2,100,759 | 73.5% | $757,503 | 26.5% | 1,001 | 6 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | La Bamba | $1,758,606 | $1,480,319 | 84.2% | $278,287 | 15.8% | 1,011 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | No Way Out | $1,721,749 | $1,348,446 | 78.3% | $373,303 | 21.7% | 939 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Can't Buy Me Love | $1,296,153 | $1,032,386 | 79.6% | $263,767 | 20.4% | 901 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Best Seller | $1,229,028 | $905,399 | 73.7% | $323,629 | 26.3% | 253 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Big Easy | $1,167,429 | $950,061 | 81.4% | $217,368 | 18.6% | 737 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Big Town | $1,091,305 | $776,675 | 71.2% | $314,630 | 28.8% | 762 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | RoboCop | $895,036 | $640,647 | 71.6% | $254,389 | 28.4% | 576 | 11 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | China Girl | $635,753 | $531,362 | 83.6% | $104,391 | 16.4% | 193 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Real Men | $312,106 | $241,258 | 77.3% | $70,848 | 22.7% | 150 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 16 | The Princess Bride | $296,649 | $206,243 | 69.5% | $90,406 | 30.5% | 9 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Oviri | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | International Film Marketing | - | false |
| - | Amazon Women on the Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wish You Were Here | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Maurice | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hamburger Hill | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
