| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop II | $17,126,642 | -35% | 2,326 | - | $7,363 | $64,775,368 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Ernest Goes to Camp | $3,614,414 | - | 1,541 | - | $2,345 | $10,744,948 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Secret of My Success | $2,467,770 | - | 1,295 | - | $1,905 | $51,628,706 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Ishtar | $1,623,167 | - | 1,104 | - | $1,470 | $11,250,599 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Gate | $1,539,726 | - | 1,104 | - | $1,394 | $10,282,415 | 3 | New Century | false | false |
| 6 | - | Creepshow 2 | $1,419,959 | - | 1,012 | - | $1,403 | $10,874,912 | 5 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Chipmunk Adventure | $1,153,486 | - | 900 | - | $1,281 | $3,979,012 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 8 | - | Platoon | $850,043 | - | 883 | - | $962 | $130,600,043 | 24 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Lethal Weapon | $830,816 | - | 859 | - | $967 | $59,932,279 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Blind Date | $720,049 | - | 737 | - | $977 | $37,522,732 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $700,014 | - | 671 | - | $1,043 | $169,014,205 | 36 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Raising Arizona | $655,733 | - | 634 | - | $1,034 | $18,670,272 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | Summer Heat | $114,873 | - | 36 | - | $3,190 | $114,873 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
