| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee II | $17,874,512 | $12,717,140 | 71.2% | $5,157,372 | 28.8% | 2,837 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Big | $12,599,966 | $8,216,190 | 65.2% | $4,383,776 | 34.8% | 1,132 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Rambo III | $10,582,209 | $7,694,474 | 72.7% | $2,887,735 | 27.3% | 2,478 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Funny Farm | $8,117,448 | $5,655,439 | 69.7% | $2,462,009 | 30.3% | 1,557 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Willow | $7,081,514 | $5,002,969 | 70.6% | $2,078,545 | 29.4% | 1,030 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Colors | $2,171,228 | $1,453,740 | 67% | $717,488 | 33% | 1,151 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Beetlejuice | $2,044,084 | $1,416,596 | 69.3% | $627,488 | 30.7% | 1,432 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Friday the 13th: The New Blood | $1,224,307 | $900,156 | 73.5% | $324,151 | 26.5% | 868 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Moonstruck | $893,165 | $612,475 | 68.6% | $280,690 | 31.4% | 631 | 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Three Men and a Baby | $877,005 | $515,790 | 58.8% | $361,215 | 41.2% | 511 | 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $871,474 | $540,891 | 62.1% | $330,583 | 37.9% | 621 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Biloxi Blues | $741,884 | $535,122 | 72.1% | $206,762 | 27.9% | 622 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | $67,971 | $45,008 | 66.2% | $22,963 | 33.8% | 21 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Lady in White | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 7 | New Century | - | false |
| - | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Last Emperor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Milagro Beanfield War | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
