| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | $12,986,764 | $9,347,602 | 72% | $3,639,162 | 28% | 1,297 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | $8,695,492 | $7,189,452 | 82.7% | $1,506,040 | 17.3% | 1,167 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Principal | $3,053,805 | $2,411,805 | 79% | $642,000 | 21% | 1,157 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Stakeout | $2,546,064 | $2,016,049 | 79.2% | $530,015 | 20.8% | 1,204 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Dirty Dancing | $2,476,217 | $1,878,207 | 75.8% | $598,010 | 24.2% | 990 | 7 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Hellraiser | $2,124,307 | $1,708,246 | 80.4% | $416,061 | 19.6% | 1,072 | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Pick-up Artist | $1,773,241 | $1,435,190 | 80.9% | $338,051 | 19.1% | 1,092 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Big Shots | $1,688,746 | $1,417,738 | 84% | $271,008 | 16% | 932 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | No Way Out | $1,331,404 | $997,522 | 74.9% | $333,882 | 25.1% | 758 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | La Bamba | $1,226,640 | $1,080,736 | 88.1% | $145,904 | 11.9% | 887 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Can't Buy Me Love | $863,755 | $674,716 | 78.1% | $189,039 | 21.9% | 744 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Big Easy | $830,426 | $665,827 | 80.2% | $164,599 | 19.8% | 548 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Near Dark | $827,388 | $635,789 | 76.8% | $191,599 | 23.2% | 262 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 14 | The Princess Bride | $289,165 | $204,198 | 70.6% | $84,967 | 29.4% | 9 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Slam Dance | $165,465 | $125,349 | 75.8% | $40,116 | 24.2% | 47 | 1 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Zombie High | $16,006 | $12,165 | 76% | $3,841 | 24% | 25 | 1 | Palisades Pictures | - | false |
| - | China Girl | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | RoboCop | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Big Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Best Seller | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Oviri | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | International Film Marketing | - | false |
| - | The Doctor and the Devils | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Real Men | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
