| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Beverly Hills Cop II | $33,014,153 | - | 2,326 | - | $14,193 | $40,629,949 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Ernest Goes to Camp | $6,171,957 | - | 1,541 | - | $4,005 | $6,171,957 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | The Secret of My Success | $3,693,620 | - | 1,329 | - | $2,779 | $48,541,036 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Ishtar | $3,427,775 | - | 1,105 | - | $3,102 | $9,128,156 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | The Gate | $2,895,883 | - | 1,148 | - | $2,522 | $8,283,990 | - | New Century | - | false |
| 6 | - | The Chipmunk Adventure | $2,584,720 | - | 916 | - | $2,821 | $2,584,720 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 7 | - | Platoon | $1,310,511 | - | 978 | - | $1,339 | $129,397,905 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Lethal Weapon | $1,235,272 | - | 872 | - | $1,416 | $58,846,399 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | - | Blind Date | $1,195,225 | - | 826 | - | $1,447 | $36,692,683 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $1,099,578 | - | 671 | - | $1,638 | - | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Raising Arizona | $961,425 | - | 659 | - | $1,458 | $17,811,160 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | - | Creepshow 2 | $954,276 | - | 686 | - | $1,391 | $9,275,569 | - | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Project X | $919,800 | - | 806 | - | $1,141 | $14,640,388 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
