| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Legend | $2,591,751 | -39.2% | 1,179 | -8 | $2,198 | $8,249,015 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | The Money Pit | $2,352,975 | -14.1% | 1,145 | +8 | $2,055 | $25,456,207 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Murphy's Law | $2,136,026 | -37% | 1,260 | - | $1,695 | $6,582,440 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,821,577 | -23.2% | 1,360 | -130 | $1,339 | $36,448,382 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Violets Are Blue... | $1,411,575 | - | 654 | - | $2,158 | $1,960,744 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Gung Ho | $1,318,564 | -15.5% | 907 | -102 | $1,453 | $30,362,520 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Critters | $1,213,686 | +11.6% | 540 | +47 | $2,247 | $5,000,383 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Wise Guys | $1,191,815 | -10% | 335 | -3 | $3,557 | $3,038,286 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Pretty in Pink | $1,122,932 | -9% | 908 | -7 | $1,236 | $33,792,291 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Color Purple | $1,011,530 | -15.7% | 871 | -19 | $1,161 | $89,783,434 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $835,824 | - | 726 | - | $1,151 | - | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Hannah and Her Sisters | $835,025 | - | 471 | - | $1,772 | $29,059,221 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | 8 Million Ways to Die | $609,955 | - | 215 | - | $2,837 | $609,955 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | - | Three Men and a Cradle | $25,380 | - | 1 | - | $25,380 | $25,380 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 15 | - | Crimewave | $3,571 | - | 7 | - | $510 | $3,571 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
