| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lethal Weapon | $9,920,971 | +1% | 1,256 | - | $7,898 | $19,746,046 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Platoon | $6,458,531 | -24% | 1,556 | +2 | $4,150 | $93,435,912 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | $6,365,567 | -24.6% | 1,365 | -13 | $4,663 | $26,177,083 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 4 | 14 | Tin Men | $5,332,191 | +1,666.6% | 684 | +675 | $7,795 | $5,634,033 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Angel Heart | $3,619,654 | -27.9% | 819 | +4 | $4,419 | $8,638,386 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Some Kind of Wonderful | $3,468,561 | -11.6% | 1,082 | - | $3,205 | $11,776,486 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Outrageous Fortune | $3,394,879 | -19.7% | 1,139 | -112 | $2,980 | $41,761,718 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Mannequin | $3,314,105 | -10.5% | 931 | -47 | $3,559 | $25,086,871 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Hoosiers | $3,281,830 | -12.2% | 1,043 | -5 | $3,146 | $15,722,646 | 18 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Witchboard | $2,957,701 | - | 1,068 | +1,053 | $2,769 | $3,401,682 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 11 | - | Heat | $1,867,358 | - | 863 | - | $2,163 | $1,867,358 | 1 | New Century | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | Crocodile Dundee | $1,845,908 | -5.7% | 876 | -136 | $2,107 | $156,070,155 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Black Widow | $1,470,069 | -30.8% | 632 | -107 | $2,326 | $19,931,960 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | - | Evil Dead II | $1,004,143 | - | 310 | - | $3,239 | $1,004,143 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 15 | - | Raising Arizona | $68,742 | - | 1 | - | $68,742 | $68,742 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 16 | - | Swimming to Cambodia | $23,976 | - | 1 | - | $23,976 | $23,976 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
