| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $8,207,503 | +2.1% | 971 | +92 | $8,452 | $19,544,717 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Tough Guys | $4,565,342 | - | 856 | - | $5,333 | $4,565,342 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Top Gun | $2,405,090 | -6.4% | 1,334 | -10 | $1,802 | $150,727,739 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Stand by Me | $2,396,982 | -12.5% | 848 | +7 | $2,826 | $31,074,139 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Children of a Lesser God | $1,909,084 | - | 215 | - | $8,879 | $1,909,084 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Playing for Keeps | $1,406,300 | - | 1,148 | - | $1,225 | $1,406,300 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | $1,157,805 | -19.4% | 1,133 | -157 | $1,021 | $109,535,433 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $1,117,389 | -30.4% | 664 | +3 | $1,682 | $4,730,080 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Ruthless People | $917,166 | -28.6% | 861 | -141 | $1,065 | $68,508,328 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Fly | $812,422 | -25.4% | 815 | -152 | $996 | $33,815,680 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $750,865 | -16.6% | 702 | -77 | $1,069 | $67,314,955 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Aliens | $744,462 | -28.6% | 769 | -155 | $968 | $76,308,441 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Back to School | $721,046 | -22% | 788 | -105 | $915 | $87,606,400 | 17 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Link | $660,874 | - | 435 | - | $1,519 | $660,874 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 15 | 12 | Blue Velvet | $597,584 | -7.4% | 121 | +23 | $4,938 | $2,623,882 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Name of the Rose | $375,276 | -24.1% | 45 | +3 | $8,339 | $1,082,297 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $36,948 | -66.3% | 102 | -75 | $362 | $2,027,594 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 18 | - | 'Round Midnight | $25,384 | - | 1 | - | $25,384 | $25,384 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
