| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Blind Date | $9,321,273 | - | 1,251 | - | $7,451 | $9,321,273 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Lethal Weapon | $6,667,461 | -24.2% | 1,420 | - | $4,695 | $35,213,847 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Platoon | $6,250,349 | +13.4% | 1,560 | +6 | $4,006 | $105,195,694 | 15 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Tin Men | $3,754,762 | -18.7% | 798 | +95 | $4,705 | $14,005,342 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Burglar | $3,726,435 | -37.4% | 1,019 | - | $3,656 | $9,682,535 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | $3,323,899 | -27.4% | 1,342 | -41 | $2,476 | $34,082,044 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Hoosiers | $2,363,408 | -17.1% | 1,007 | -31 | $2,346 | $20,936,300 | 20 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Mannequin | $2,179,414 | -23% | 933 | -26 | $2,335 | $30,095,653 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Outrageous Fortune | $1,900,157 | -29.8% | 956 | -126 | $1,987 | $46,369,965 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Angel Heart | $1,746,064 | -38.5% | 753 | -62 | $2,318 | $13,224,194 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Crocodile Dundee | $1,611,753 | -6.1% | 830 | -27 | $1,941 | $159,398,373 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Some Kind of Wonderful | $1,449,633 | -41.8% | 934 | -126 | $1,552 | $15,718,175 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | Raising Arizona | $1,391,712 | +157% | 149 | +128 | $9,340 | $2,001,921 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | - | Children of a Lesser God | $630,612 | - | 274 | +88 | $2,301 | $27,560,438 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | A Room with a View | $406,549 | - | 117 | -10 | $3,474 | $14,116,306 | 56 | Cinecom Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Evil Dead II | $320,172 | -48% | 150 | -130 | $2,134 | $1,940,586 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Mission | $319,109 | - | 218 | +12 | $1,463 | $16,460,381 | 22 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Hanoi Hilton | $25,558 | - | 2 | - | $12,779 | $25,558 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
