| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lethal Weapon | $8,800,340 | -11.3% | 1,420 | +164 | $6,197 | $28,546,386 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Burglar | $5,956,100 | - | 1,019 | - | $5,845 | $5,956,100 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Platoon | $5,509,433 | -14.7% | 1,554 | -2 | $3,545 | $98,945,345 | 14 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Tin Men | $4,616,547 | -13.4% | 703 | +19 | $6,566 | $10,250,580 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | $4,581,062 | -28% | 1,383 | +18 | $3,312 | $30,758,145 | 4 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | Hoosiers | $2,850,246 | -13.2% | 1,038 | -5 | $2,745 | $18,572,892 | 19 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Angel Heart | $2,839,744 | -21.5% | 815 | -4 | $3,484 | $11,478,130 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Mannequin | $2,829,368 | -14.6% | 959 | +28 | $2,950 | $27,916,239 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Outrageous Fortune | $2,708,090 | -20.2% | 1,082 | -57 | $2,502 | $44,469,808 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Some Kind of Wonderful | $2,492,056 | -28.2% | 1,060 | -22 | $2,350 | $14,268,542 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Witchboard | $1,957,647 | -33.8% | 1,005 | -63 | $1,947 | $5,359,329 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Crocodile Dundee | $1,716,465 | -7% | 857 | -19 | $2,002 | $157,786,620 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Black Widow | $1,111,343 | -24.4% | 626 | -6 | $1,775 | $21,043,303 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Evil Dead II | $616,271 | -38.6% | 280 | -30 | $2,200 | $1,620,414 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Raising Arizona | $541,467 | +687.7% | 21 | +20 | $25,784 | $610,209 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | Street Smart | $443,060 | - | 207 | - | $2,140 | $443,060 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 17 | - | Hollywood Shuffle | $141,347 | - | 15 | - | $9,423 | $141,347 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
