| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Fly | $10,955,203 | - | 1,195 | - | $9,167 | $10,955,203 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Aliens | $6,907,708 | -24.6% | 1,302 | -93 | $5,305 | $57,606,023 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Armed and Dangerous | $6,531,317 | - | 1,552 | - | $4,208 | $6,531,317 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Karate Kid Part II | $5,428,524 | -10% | 1,570 | -16 | $3,457 | $90,846,225 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Top Gun | $5,318,414 | -6.2% | 1,216 | -65 | $4,373 | $121,114,572 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | Nothing in Common | $4,741,097 | +16.4% | 843 | +198 | $5,624 | $14,744,127 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Ruthless People | $3,879,165 | -17.9% | 1,019 | -58 | $3,806 | $53,244,157 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Manhunter | $3,389,485 | - | 779 | - | $4,351 | $3,389,485 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | One Crazy Summer | $3,377,906 | -39% | 984 | - | $3,432 | $8,912,021 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Flight of the Navigator | $2,614,860 | -47.9% | 961 | -63 | $2,720 | $12,668,431 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Heartburn | $2,501,665 | -33.9% | 802 | -48 | $3,119 | $19,895,887 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Back to School | $2,487,096 | -24.9% | 910 | -179 | $2,733 | $76,702,702 | 10 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | $2,395,524 | - | 1,174 | -436 | $2,040 | $17,163,555 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | About Last Night | $2,376,120 | -16.5% | 880 | -7 | $2,700 | $29,213,724 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $2,099,653 | -20.8% | 778 | -78 | $2,698 | $57,660,518 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 7 | Howard the Duck | $1,686,251 | -61% | 914 | -649 | $1,844 | $14,069,588 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | The Transformers: The Movie | $1,514,796 | -46.2% | 990 | - | $1,530 | $4,331,914 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | A Fine Mess | $1,114,224 | -71% | 748 | -414 | $1,489 | $4,959,839 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Stand by Me | $461,217 | +12.2% | 16 | - | $28,826 | $872,409 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | The Boy Who Could Fly | $344,654 | - | 39 | - | $8,837 | $344,654 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
