| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Platoon | $11,954,809 | $8,352,394 | 69.9% | $3,602,415 | 30.1% | 590 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Outrageous Fortune | $8,327,852 | $6,404,783 | 76.9% | $1,923,069 | 23.1% | 1,081 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $3,674,108 | $2,812,319 | 76.5% | $861,789 | 23.5% | 1,297 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Critical Condition | $3,295,494 | $2,625,201 | 79.7% | $670,293 | 20.3% | 1,333 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Golden Child | $2,862,592 | $2,301,434 | 80.4% | $561,158 | 19.6% | 1,254 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $2,846,675 | $2,266,912 | 79.6% | $579,763 | 20.4% | 1,217 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | $2,429,375 | $1,960,352 | 80.7% | $469,023 | 19.3% | 1,000 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 8 | The Bedroom Window | $2,398,207 | $1,852,676 | 77.2% | $545,531 | 22.8% | 902 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 9 | Little Shop of Horrors | $2,137,514 | $1,719,329 | 80.4% | $418,185 | 19.6% | 1,050 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Radio Days | $2,103,659 | $1,522,423 | 72.4% | $581,236 | 27.6% | 128 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Kindred | $1,603,245 | $1,211,024 | 75.5% | $392,221 | 24.5% | 566 | 4 | FM Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | Crimes of the Heart | $1,374,373 | $1,034,570 | 75.3% | $339,803 | 24.7% | 627 | 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | The Mission | $1,335,140 | $993,424 | 74.4% | $341,716 | 25.6% | 427 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | - | - | 125 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Room with a View | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | 48 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Morning After | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Sid and Nancy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Three Amigos! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wanted: Dead or Alive | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
