| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Legend | $5,657,264 | - | 1,187 | - | $4,766 | $5,657,264 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Murphy's Law | $4,446,414 | - | 1,260 | - | $3,528 | $4,446,414 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Money Pit | $3,541,562 | -19.9% | 1,137 | -43 | $3,114 | $23,103,232 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $3,089,468 | -29% | 1,490 | -225 | $2,073 | $34,626,805 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Gung Ho | $2,012,372 | -22.7% | 1,009 | -81 | $1,994 | $29,043,956 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Wise Guys | $1,846,471 | - | 338 | - | $5,462 | $1,846,471 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Color Purple | $1,752,657 | -18.1% | 890 | -66 | $1,969 | $88,771,904 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Pretty in Pink | $1,633,996 | -14.7% | 915 | -98 | $1,785 | $32,669,359 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Critters | $1,429,476 | -39.4% | 493 | -47 | $2,899 | $3,786,697 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | Band of the Hand | $1,332,976 | -56.4% | 928 | -2 | $1,436 | $4,393,696 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | Off Beat | $1,287,766 | -48.6% | 1,113 | -14 | $1,157 | $3,794,456 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,196,013 | -23.6% | - | - | - | $28,224,196 | 11 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Water | $728,766 | - | 248 | - | $2,938 | $728,766 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 14 | - | At Close Range | $255,704 | - | 39 | - | $6,556 | $255,704 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 15 | Violets Are Blue... | $213,150 | -36.6% | - | - | - | $549,169 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Desert Bloom | $36,361 | - | 2 | - | $18,180 | $36,361 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
