| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $40,032,930 | +425.7% | 2,326 | - | $17,211 | $47,648,726 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Ernest Goes to Camp | $7,130,534 | - | 1,541 | - | $4,627 | $7,130,534 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Secret of My Success | $4,313,520 | -16.5% | 1,329 | -2 | $3,245 | $49,160,936 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Ishtar | $3,927,051 | -31.1% | 1,105 | -34 | $3,553 | $9,627,432 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Gate | $3,354,582 | -37.7% | 1,148 | +9 | $2,922 | $8,742,689 | 2 | New Century | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Chipmunk Adventure | $2,825,526 | - | 916 | - | $3,084 | $2,825,526 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | Platoon | $1,662,606 | -3.4% | 978 | -121 | $1,700 | $129,750,000 | 23 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Lethal Weapon | $1,490,336 | -20.3% | 872 | -145 | $1,709 | $59,101,463 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Blind Date | $1,305,225 | -34.4% | 826 | -255 | $1,580 | $36,802,683 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Raising Arizona | $1,164,804 | -13.9% | 659 | -27 | $1,767 | $18,014,539 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Creepshow 2 | $1,133,660 | -26.9% | 686 | -170 | $1,652 | $9,454,953 | 4 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Project X | $1,084,676 | -27.6% | 806 | -167 | $1,345 | $14,805,264 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
