| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $27,225,304 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Cobra | - | - | - | $21,946,961 | 2,131 | $49,042,224 | May 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Short Circuit | - | - | - | $19,700,077 | 1,310 | $40,697,761 | May 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 4 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | - | - | - | $16,923,669 | 1,599 | $40,996,665 | May 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | - | - | - | $15,809,887 | 1,203 | $18,034,150 | May 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Money Pit | - | - | - | $11,914,484 | 1,193 | $37,499,651 | Mar 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Sweet Liberty | - | - | - | $8,661,555 | 1,238 | $14,205,021 | May 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Blue City | - | - | - | $6,947,787 | 1,050 | $6,947,787 | May 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Legend | - | - | - | $6,900,218 | 1,187 | $15,502,112 | Apr 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Gung Ho | - | - | - | $5,870,181 | 1,175 | $36,611,610 | Mar 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | - | - | - | $5,322,876 | 1,788 | $43,579,163 | Mar 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Fire with Fire | - | - | - | $4,636,169 | 1,000 | $4,636,169 | May 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Pretty in Pink | - | - | - | $4,219,124 | 1,117 | $40,471,663 | Feb 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | Wise Guys | - | - | - | $4,179,359 | 424 | $8,475,466 | Apr 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | No Retreat, No Surrender | - | - | - | $3,978,884 | 371 | $4,662,137 | May 2 | New World Pictures | false |
| 16 | Critters | - | - | - | $3,470,283 | 633 | $13,167,232 | Apr 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 17 | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | $3,373,538 | 761 | $35,392,203 | Feb 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Murphy's Law | - | - | - | $3,123,967 | 1,260 | $9,947,631 | Apr 18 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 19 | Violets Are Blue... | - | - | - | $2,583,245 | 654 | $4,743,287 | Apr 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Dangerously Close | - | - | - | $2,390,525 | 827 | $2,390,525 | May 9 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 21 | The Color Purple | - | - | - | $2,372,159 | 1,109 | $94,175,854 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $722,039 | 1,084 | $62,134,225 | Jan 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Desert Bloom | - | - | - | $380,032 | 15 | $416,393 | Apr 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | Jake Speed | - | - | - | $370,260 | 795 | $1,943,751 | May 30 | New World Pictures | false |
| 25 | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | $5,656 | 32 | $2,052,466 | Apr 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 26 | Crimewave | - | - | - | $728 | 7 | $5,101 | Apr 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
