| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aliens | $9,165,500 | -18.7% | 1,395 | -59 | $6,570 | $50,698,315 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $6,033,107 | -10.3% | 1,586 | -15 | $3,803 | $85,417,701 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Top Gun | $5,672,797 | -2.8% | 1,281 | -31 | $4,428 | $115,796,158 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | One Crazy Summer | $5,534,115 | - | 984 | - | $5,624 | $5,534,115 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 8 | Flight of the Navigator | $5,020,293 | -0.3% | 1,024 | +72 | $4,902 | $10,053,571 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Ruthless People | $4,724,347 | -11.8% | 1,077 | +45 | $4,386 | $49,364,992 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Howard the Duck | $4,325,970 | -46.3% | 1,563 | +9 | $2,767 | $12,383,337 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Nothing in Common | $4,072,180 | -31.3% | 645 | +27 | $6,313 | $10,003,030 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | A Fine Mess | $3,845,615 | - | 1,162 | - | $3,309 | $3,845,615 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 7 | Heartburn | $3,787,061 | -26.8% | 850 | +4 | $4,455 | $17,394,222 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Back to School | $3,312,488 | -17.9% | 1,089 | -132 | $3,041 | $74,215,606 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | About Last Night | $2,847,328 | -8.8% | 887 | +77 | $3,210 | $26,837,604 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Transformers: The Movie | $2,817,118 | - | 990 | - | $2,845 | $2,817,118 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $2,650,365 | -15% | 856 | -99 | $3,096 | $55,560,865 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Running Scared | $1,702,589 | -14.6% | 682 | -28 | $2,496 | $31,982,287 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Legal Eagles | $1,582,784 | -6.4% | 640 | +35 | $2,473 | $44,491,591 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Stand by Me | $411,192 | - | 16 | - | $25,699 | $411,192 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | She's Gotta Have It | $57,087 | - | 1 | - | $57,087 | $57,087 | 1 | Island Pictures | true | false |
