| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Legend | $3,435,401 | -39.3% | 1,179 | -8 | $2,913 | $9,092,665 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | The Money Pit | $2,895,590 | -18.2% | 1,145 | +8 | $2,528 | $25,998,822 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Murphy's Law | $2,773,458 | -37.6% | 1,260 | - | $2,201 | $7,219,872 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $2,308,673 | -25.3% | 1,360 | -130 | $1,697 | $36,935,478 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 15 | Violets Are Blue... | $1,879,351 | +781.7% | 654 | - | $2,873 | $2,428,520 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Gung Ho | $1,697,473 | -15.6% | 907 | -102 | $1,871 | $30,741,429 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Critters | $1,565,088 | +9.5% | 540 | +47 | $2,898 | $5,351,785 | 3 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Wise Guys | $1,519,147 | -17.7% | 335 | -3 | $4,534 | $3,365,618 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Pretty in Pink | $1,470,267 | -10% | 908 | -7 | $1,619 | $34,139,626 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Color Purple | $1,461,323 | -16.6% | 871 | -19 | $1,677 | $90,233,227 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,132,133 | -5.3% | 471 | - | $2,403 | $29,356,329 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Three Men and a Cradle | $39,594 | - | 1 | - | $39,594 | $39,594 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 13 | - | Crimewave | $5,101 | - | 7 | - | $728 | $5,101 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
