| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Stand by Me | $3,426,615 | - | 804 | - | $4,261 | $16,681,881 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Top Gun | $3,285,555 | - | 1,287 | - | $2,552 | $135,636,648 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Fly | $2,501,186 | - | 1,162 | - | $2,152 | $26,138,982 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Karate Kid Part II | $2,285,141 | - | 1,512 | - | $1,511 | $101,718,904 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Aliens | $2,114,578 | - | 1,165 | - | $1,815 | $69,274,605 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | Nothing in Common | $2,081,128 | - | 980 | - | $2,123 | $24,681,355 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Ruthless People | $1,819,111 | - | 1,021 | - | $1,781 | $61,505,373 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Extremities | $1,601,397 | - | 687 | - | $2,331 | $8,792,848 | 3 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 9 | - | Back to School | $1,352,633 | - | 950 | - | $1,423 | $82,059,612 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | About Last Night | $1,168,640 | - | 830 | - | $1,408 | $33,949,304 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,087,720 | - | 777 | - | $1,399 | $62,133,763 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Armed and Dangerous | $986,465 | - | 904 | - | $1,091 | $13,586,875 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Shanghai Surprise | $238,554 | - | 353 | - | $675 | $1,110,062 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Transformers: The Movie | $128,254 | - | 395 | - | $324 | $5,706,456 | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
