| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $6,284,953 | -29.1% | 1,298 | -29 | $4,842 | $40,748,971 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Ruthless People | $5,285,843 | +0.2% | 1,114 | +3 | $4,744 | $14,008,813 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Back to School | $5,076,101 | -25.8% | 1,746 | -5 | $2,907 | $43,408,270 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Top Gun | $4,636,548 | -8% | 1,386 | -99 | $3,345 | $80,554,738 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Legal Eagles | $4,357,740 | -27.6% | 1,231 | -17 | $3,540 | $26,121,736 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Running Scared | $4,190,295 | -19.8% | 1,365 | -11 | $3,069 | $12,481,122 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $3,359,881 | -22.1% | 1,330 | - | $2,526 | $33,116,164 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Psycho III | $3,238,400 | - | 1,408 | - | $2,300 | $3,238,400 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | The Great Mouse Detective | $3,220,225 | - | 1,138 | - | $2,829 | $3,220,225 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | - | About Last Night | $3,152,469 | - | 642 | - | $4,910 | $3,152,469 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | - | Under the Cherry Moon | $3,150,924 | - | 976 | - | $3,228 | $3,150,924 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 12 | - | Big Trouble in Little China | $2,723,211 | - | 1,053 | - | $2,586 | $2,723,211 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | Labyrinth | $1,836,177 | -48.3% | 1,135 | -6 | $1,617 | $7,154,420 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | American Anthem | $688,765 | -63.1% | 898 | -2 | $766 | $3,571,624 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
