| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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|---|
| 1 | - | The Karate Kid Part II | $12,652,336 | - | 1,323 | - | $9,563 | $12,652,336 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Legal Eagles | $8,043,360 | - | 1,248 | - | $6,445 | $8,043,360 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Back to School | $7,812,806 | -12% | 1,610 | +5 | $4,852 | $22,610,024 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Top Gun | $5,810,601 | -7% | 1,531 | - | $3,795 | $63,746,856 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $5,721,799 | -8.8% | 1,330 | - | $4,302 | $18,621,954 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Cobra | $1,955,484 | -29.8% | 1,577 | -387 | $1,240 | $42,547,780 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $1,870,990 | -15.8% | 1,405 | -151 | $1,331 | $33,897,611 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Raw Deal | $1,600,702 | -42% | 1,332 | -401 | $1,201 | $13,183,982 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Short Circuit | $1,551,984 | -26.2% | 1,302 | -5 | $1,192 | $32,567,385 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | My Little Pony: The Movie | $953,025 | +41.2% | 1,003 | +269 | $950 | $2,975,671 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | SpaceCamp | $945,516 | -40% | 1,024 | +41 | $923 | $7,555,359 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Manhattan Project | $756,119 | -49.7% | 834 | +7 | $906 | $3,019,995 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
