| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $8,038,855 | - | 879 | - | $9,145 | $8,038,855 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Stand by Me | $2,740,017 | -9.5% | 841 | +12 | $3,258 | $27,917,486 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Top Gun | $2,568,684 | -22% | 1,344 | -13 | $1,911 | $147,499,998 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 16 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $1,606,156 | +1,295.7% | 661 | +591 | $2,429 | $3,228,407 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $1,437,046 | -20.5% | 1,290 | -66 | $1,113 | $108,087,358 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Ruthless People | $1,285,442 | -10.2% | 1,002 | -8 | $1,282 | $67,213,016 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Fly | $1,089,025 | -31% | 967 | -85 | $1,126 | $32,637,940 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Nothing in Common | $1,077,104 | -29% | 944 | -23 | $1,141 | $29,881,539 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Aliens | $1,042,070 | -28.7% | 924 | -116 | $1,127 | $75,201,373 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Back to School | $923,918 | -24.8% | 893 | -70 | $1,034 | $86,611,121 | 16 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $900,315 | -16.2% | 779 | +69 | $1,155 | $66,325,901 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Blue Velvet | $645,016 | -18.3% | 98 | - | $6,581 | $1,770,509 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Name of the Rose | $494,571 | - | 42 | - | $11,775 | $494,571 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $109,783 | -76.6% | 177 | -173 | $620 | $1,954,326 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 15 | - | Weekend Warriors | $53,400 | - | 75 | - | $712 | $53,400 | 5 | Moviestore Entertainment | false | false |
