| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $6,428,552 | - | 1,203 | - | $5,343 | $6,428,552 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Blue City | $3,519,815 | - | 1,050 | - | $3,352 | $3,519,815 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Legend | $2,270,330 | -33.9% | 1,060 | -119 | $2,141 | $11,362,995 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Money Pit | $2,262,985 | -21.8% | 1,105 | -40 | $2,047 | $28,261,807 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $1,649,098 | -28.6% | 1,103 | -257 | $1,495 | $38,584,576 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Critters | $1,453,970 | -7.1% | 595 | +55 | $2,443 | $6,805,755 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Gung Ho | $1,364,277 | -19.6% | 872 | -35 | $1,564 | $32,105,706 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Murphy's Law | $1,344,510 | -51.5% | 915 | -345 | $1,469 | $8,564,382 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Pretty in Pink | $1,336,164 | -9.1% | 864 | -44 | $1,546 | $35,475,790 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Violets Are Blue... | $1,158,736 | -38.3% | 654 | - | $1,771 | $3,587,256 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Color Purple | $1,029,834 | -29.5% | 745 | -126 | $1,382 | $91,263,061 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | No Retreat, No Surrender | $923,915 | - | 241 | - | $3,833 | $923,915 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
