| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $10,649,046 | +2.3% | 1,543 | +245 | $6,901 | $55,526,108 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Ruthless People | $8,195,628 | -2.2% | 1,114 | - | $7,356 | $25,294,364 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Back to School | $7,916,425 | -4.3% | 1,713 | -33 | $4,621 | $54,519,844 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Top Gun | $7,601,755 | -2.3% | 1,415 | +29 | $5,372 | $91,300,682 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Club Paradise | $6,035,624 | - | 1,172 | - | $5,149 | $6,035,624 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 6 | 8 | Running Scared | $6,001,680 | -10.4% | 1,319 | -46 | $4,550 | $20,989,872 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Legal Eagles | $5,723,995 | -14.7% | 1,206 | -25 | $4,746 | $34,196,123 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $5,656,580 | -2% | 1,202 | -128 | $4,705 | $41,186,006 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Great Mouse Detective | $5,595,960 | -24.2% | 1,198 | +60 | $4,671 | $12,978,273 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | About Last Night | $5,243,010 | -20.4% | 680 | +38 | $7,710 | $11,832,479 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Psycho III | $3,803,960 | -44.8% | 1,372 | -36 | $2,772 | $10,692,550 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Big Trouble in Little China | $3,087,135 | -41.7% | 1,092 | +39 | $2,827 | $8,378,115 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Under the Cherry Moon | $2,242,992 | -64.9% | 937 | -39 | $2,393 | $8,624,257 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Labyrinth | $2,117,806 | -27.4% | 944 | -191 | $2,243 | $10,353,226 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
