| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $12,954,293 | +18.4% | 1,378 | +407 | $9,400 | $35,233,708 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Peggy Sue Got Married | $8,100,077 | - | 865 | - | $9,364 | $8,100,077 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $7,228,190 | - | 1,080 | - | $6,692 | $7,228,190 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | Deadly Friend | $4,416,794 | - | 1,213 | - | $3,641 | $4,416,794 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Tough Guys | $4,087,276 | -30.8% | 957 | +101 | $4,270 | $9,990,072 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Top Gun | $3,237,277 | +4% | 1,357 | +23 | $2,385 | $154,673,954 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Stand by Me | $2,376,005 | -18.4% | 843 | -5 | $2,818 | $33,966,346 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,374,119 | -7.9% | 241 | +26 | $9,851 | $4,952,791 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Karate Kid Part II | $1,040,148 | -25.9% | 922 | -211 | $1,128 | $110,822,364 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 14 | Blue Velvet | $729,122 | -13.7% | 147 | +26 | $4,960 | $3,599,970 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $706,046 | -47.5% | 601 | -63 | $1,174 | $5,663,123 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 16 | The Name of the Rose | $406,324 | -18.9% | 44 | -1 | $9,234 | $1,614,115 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | Clockwise | $194,030 | - | 22 | - | $8,819 | $194,030 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 17 | Shanghai Surprise | $6,827 | -86.9% | 15 | -87 | $455 | $2,049,633 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
