| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aliens | $7,060,101 | -18.3% | 1,454 | - | $4,855 | $37,314,946 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | $6,750,837 | - | 1,610 | - | $4,193 | $6,750,837 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Howard the Duck | $5,070,136 | - | 1,554 | - | $3,262 | $5,070,136 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $4,168,492 | -16% | 1,601 | -9 | $2,603 | $76,823,480 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Heartburn | $3,508,012 | -39.3% | 846 | +3 | $4,146 | $11,943,751 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Ruthless People | $3,476,646 | -24.2% | 1,032 | -82 | $3,368 | $42,760,201 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Top Gun | $3,472,515 | -9% | 1,312 | -39 | $2,646 | $107,759,353 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Nothing in Common | $3,279,650 | - | 618 | - | $5,306 | $3,279,650 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Flight of the Navigator | $3,115,097 | - | 952 | - | $3,272 | $3,115,097 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | Back to School | $2,533,257 | -29.6% | 1,221 | -213 | $2,074 | $69,401,592 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | About Last Night | $1,969,420 | -22% | 810 | -53 | $2,431 | $22,836,276 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,829,255 | -24.2% | 955 | -159 | $1,915 | $51,621,350 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Maximum Overdrive | $1,420,177 | -55.7% | 1,127 | -71 | $1,260 | $6,033,907 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Haunted Honeymoon | $1,330,073 | -51.9% | 1,047 | +1 | $1,270 | $5,471,952 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Running Scared | $1,259,031 | -40.8% | 710 | -251 | $1,773 | $29,545,962 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Legal Eagles | $1,041,205 | -44.2% | 605 | -306 | $1,721 | $42,258,258 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
