| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Top Gun | $4,333,881 | -28.1% | 1,287 | -2 | $3,367 | $136,684,974 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Stand by Me | $4,151,644 | -34.7% | 804 | +3 | $5,163 | $17,406,910 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Fly | $3,322,363 | -40.2% | 1,162 | -9 | $2,859 | $26,960,159 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Aliens | $2,854,313 | -35% | 1,165 | -84 | $2,450 | $70,014,340 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | $2,729,540 | -36% | 1,512 | -30 | $1,805 | $102,163,303 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Nothing in Common | $2,486,128 | -38.3% | 980 | +29 | $2,536 | $25,086,355 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Ruthless People | $2,380,393 | -26.8% | 1,021 | +63 | $2,331 | $62,066,655 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Extremities | $2,113,051 | -36.1% | 687 | -9 | $3,075 | $9,304,502 | 3 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 9 | 12 | Back to School | $1,785,944 | -13.6% | 950 | +146 | $1,879 | $82,492,923 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 14 | About Last Night | $1,479,640 | -16.3% | 830 | +98 | $1,782 | $34,260,304 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,383,182 | -11.9% | 777 | +179 | $1,780 | $62,429,225 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Armed and Dangerous | $1,254,732 | -42.5% | 904 | -219 | $1,387 | $13,855,142 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 18 | Shanghai Surprise | $319,294 | -63.4% | 353 | -48 | $904 | $1,190,802 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 19 | The Transformers: The Movie | $128,254 | -69.1% | 395 | -218 | $324 | $5,706,456 | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
