| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $10,413,044 | -27.9% | 1,298 | -29 | $8,022 | $44,877,062 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Ruthless People | $8,375,766 | -4% | 1,114 | +3 | $7,518 | $17,098,736 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Back to School | $8,271,250 | -25.6% | 1,746 | -5 | $4,737 | $46,603,419 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Top Gun | $7,780,737 | -8.6% | 1,386 | -99 | $5,613 | $83,698,927 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Great Mouse Detective | $7,382,313 | - | 1,138 | - | $6,487 | $7,382,313 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Psycho III | $6,888,590 | - | 1,408 | - | $4,892 | $6,888,590 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Legal Eagles | $6,708,132 | -28.2% | 1,231 | -17 | $5,449 | $28,472,128 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Running Scared | $6,697,365 | -19.2% | 1,365 | -11 | $4,906 | $14,988,192 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | - | About Last Night | $6,589,469 | - | 642 | - | $10,263 | $6,589,469 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | - | Under the Cherry Moon | $6,381,265 | - | 976 | - | $6,538 | $6,381,265 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 11 | 7 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $5,773,143 | -21.3% | 1,330 | - | $4,340 | $35,529,426 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Big Trouble in Little China | $5,290,980 | - | 1,053 | - | $5,024 | $5,290,980 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | Labyrinth | $2,917,177 | -45.1% | 1,135 | -6 | $2,570 | $8,235,420 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
