| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Top Gun | $3,292,817 | +9.6% | 1,357 | +30 | $2,426 | $144,009,580 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Stand by Me | $3,029,008 | +0.6% | 829 | +1 | $3,653 | $24,348,060 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | $1,806,938 | -4.1% | 1,356 | -74 | $1,332 | $106,292,658 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Fly | $1,578,462 | -17.2% | 1,052 | -48 | $1,500 | $31,066,416 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Nothing in Common | $1,517,223 | -3.4% | 967 | -9 | $1,569 | $28,504,435 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Aliens | $1,461,468 | -10.7% | 1,040 | -23 | $1,405 | $73,682,234 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Ruthless People | $1,431,551 | -4.8% | 1,010 | -2 | $1,417 | $65,484,532 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Back to School | $1,227,879 | +2.3% | 963 | -25 | $1,275 | $85,321,242 | 15 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Men's Club | $1,146,992 | - | 532 | - | $2,156 | $1,146,992 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,075,000 | -8.8% | 710 | -240 | $1,514 | $65,008,275 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Extremities | $819,260 | -20.3% | 598 | -6 | $1,370 | $11,485,590 | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | About Last Night | $815,030 | -11.6% | 745 | -37 | $1,094 | $36,362,313 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Blue Velvet | $789,409 | - | 98 | - | $8,055 | $789,409 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 14 | 16 | Shanghai Surprise | $470,113 | +1,344.5% | 350 | +310 | $1,343 | $1,708,114 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | - | Radioactive Dreams | $141,055 | - | 90 | - | $1,567 | $141,055 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Boy Who Could Fly | $115,077 | - | 70 | - | $1,643 | $1,594,169 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
