| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $6,667,787 | +6.1% | 1,543 | +245 | $4,321 | $51,544,849 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Ruthless People | $5,434,671 | +2.8% | 1,114 | - | $4,878 | $22,533,407 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Back to School | $5,265,743 | +3.7% | 1,713 | -33 | $3,073 | $51,869,162 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Top Gun | $4,730,530 | +2% | 1,415 | +29 | $3,343 | $88,429,457 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Club Paradise | $4,152,296 | - | 1,172 | - | $3,542 | $4,152,296 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Running Scared | $4,091,748 | -2.4% | 1,319 | -46 | $3,102 | $19,079,940 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Legal Eagles | $3,931,560 | -9.8% | 1,206 | -25 | $3,260 | $32,403,688 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $3,567,603 | +6.2% | 1,202 | -128 | $2,968 | $39,097,029 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | About Last Night | $3,496,010 | +10.9% | 680 | +38 | $5,141 | $10,085,479 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Great Mouse Detective | $3,447,874 | +7.1% | 1,198 | +60 | $2,878 | $10,830,187 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Psycho III | $2,613,660 | -19.3% | 1,372 | -36 | $1,905 | $9,502,250 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Big Trouble in Little China | $2,060,881 | -24.3% | 1,092 | +39 | $1,887 | $7,351,861 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Under the Cherry Moon | $1,552,915 | -50.7% | 937 | -39 | $1,657 | $7,934,180 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Labyrinth | $1,402,784 | -23.6% | 944 | -191 | $1,486 | $9,638,204 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
