| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $8,858,191 | -10.2% | 1,495 | +117 | $5,925 | $53,959,641 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $7,010,570 | -17.4% | 817 | +182 | $8,580 | $15,495,980 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Soul Man | $5,579,380 | - | 1,282 | - | $4,352 | $5,579,380 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $5,040,418 | -4.3% | 1,105 | +240 | $4,561 | $18,405,696 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $3,702,663 | -33% | 1,078 | -7 | $3,434 | $16,455,655 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Trick or Treat | $3,692,307 | - | 1,267 | - | $2,914 | $3,692,307 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Tough Guys | $2,413,547 | -21.2% | 1,216 | -50 | $1,984 | $15,467,554 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,407,459 | -13.5% | 480 | - | $5,015 | $10,142,789 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Top Gun | $2,030,050 | -17.9% | 1,168 | -124 | $1,738 | $159,176,051 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Stand by Me | $1,734,661 | -3.4% | 833 | -11 | $2,082 | $37,496,813 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Deadly Friend | $1,092,123 | -53.6% | 952 | -255 | $1,147 | $7,861,773 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | The Name of the Rose | $961,036 | +148.1% | 151 | +88 | $6,364 | $2,962,557 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | From Beyond | $659,163 | - | 190 | - | $3,469 | $659,163 | 1 | Empire Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | Blue Velvet | $519,956 | -8.9% | 160 | +1 | $3,249 | $4,690,473 | 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Clockwise | $148,758 | +12.9% | 38 | +16 | $3,914 | $474,556 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $20,422 | -85.3% | 106 | -158 | $192 | $2,209,013 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
