| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Top Gun | $4,214,551 | +4.5% | 1,357 | +30 | $3,105 | $144,931,314 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Stand by Me | $3,858,417 | -1.4% | 829 | +1 | $4,654 | $25,177,469 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | $2,164,592 | -6.8% | 1,356 | -74 | $1,596 | $106,650,312 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Fly | $2,060,961 | -18.5% | 1,052 | -48 | $1,959 | $31,548,915 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Aliens | $1,938,537 | -12.1% | 1,040 | -23 | $1,863 | $74,159,303 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Ruthless People | $1,874,593 | -5.6% | 1,010 | -2 | $1,856 | $65,927,574 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Nothing in Common | $1,817,223 | -4.4% | 967 | -9 | $1,879 | $28,804,435 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Back to School | $1,593,840 | -0.4% | 963 | -25 | $1,655 | $85,687,203 | 15 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,492,311 | -0.8% | 710 | -240 | $2,101 | $65,425,586 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Men's Club | $1,439,825 | - | 532 | - | $2,706 | $1,439,825 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 11 | - | Blue Velvet | $1,125,493 | - | 98 | - | $11,484 | $1,125,493 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 12 | 11 | Extremities | $1,057,696 | -22.3% | 598 | -6 | $1,768 | $11,724,026 | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | About Last Night | $975,030 | -24.2% | 745 | -37 | $1,308 | $36,522,313 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Shanghai Surprise | $606,542 | +1,185.1% | 350 | +310 | $1,732 | $1,844,543 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | - | Radioactive Dreams | $186,007 | - | 90 | - | $2,066 | $186,007 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
