| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $7,434,202 | - | 1,378 | - | $5,394 | $42,667,910 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Color of Money | $6,357,877 | - | 635 | - | $10,012 | $6,357,877 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $4,303,035 | - | 1,085 | - | $3,965 | $11,531,225 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Peggy Sue Got Married | $4,209,201 | - | 865 | - | $4,866 | $12,309,278 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tough Guys | $2,266,762 | - | 1,266 | - | $1,790 | $12,256,834 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Children of a Lesser God | $2,038,900 | - | 480 | - | $4,247 | $6,991,691 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Top Gun | $1,874,879 | - | 1,292 | - | $1,451 | $156,548,833 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Deadly Friend | $1,859,255 | - | 1,207 | - | $1,540 | $6,276,049 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | Stand by Me | $1,392,995 | - | 844 | - | $1,650 | $35,359,341 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | That's Life! | $703,982 | - | 700 | - | $1,005 | $2,955,920 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Karate Kid Part II | $654,008 | - | 804 | - | $813 | $111,476,372 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Ruthless People | $411,990 | - | 557 | - | $739 | - | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Blue Velvet | $386,542 | - | 159 | - | $2,431 | $3,986,512 | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Name of the Rose | $287,757 | - | 63 | - | $4,567 | $1,901,872 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | Shanghai Surprise | $107,217 | - | 264 | - | $406 | $2,156,850 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 16 | - | Sid and Nancy | $50,829 | - | 2 | - | $25,414 | $50,829 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 17 | - | The Gospel According to Vic | $10,680 | - | 5 | - | $2,136 | $10,680 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | true | false |
