| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $6,745,249 | -9.3% | 1,495 | +117 | $4,511 | $51,846,699 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $5,256,823 | -17.3% | 817 | +182 | $6,434 | $13,742,233 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Soul Man | $4,422,179 | - | 1,282 | - | $3,449 | $4,422,179 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $4,169,418 | -0.9% | 1,105 | +240 | $3,773 | $17,534,696 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Trick or Treat | $2,912,687 | - | 1,267 | - | $2,298 | $2,912,687 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,908,130 | -32.4% | 1,078 | -7 | $2,697 | $15,661,122 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Tough Guys | $1,845,826 | -18.6% | 1,216 | -50 | $1,517 | $14,899,833 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,810,811 | -11.2% | 480 | - | $3,772 | $9,546,141 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Top Gun | $1,576,139 | -15.9% | 1,168 | -124 | $1,349 | $158,722,140 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Stand by Me | $1,356,734 | -2.6% | 833 | -11 | $1,628 | $37,118,886 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Deadly Friend | $854,424 | -54% | 952 | -255 | $897 | $7,624,074 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | The Name of the Rose | $710,869 | +147% | 151 | +88 | $4,707 | $2,712,390 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | From Beyond | $514,417 | - | 190 | - | $2,707 | $514,417 | 1 | Empire Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Blue Velvet | $357,699 | -7.5% | 160 | +1 | $2,235 | $4,528,216 | 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Shanghai Surprise | $20,422 | -81% | 106 | -158 | $192 | $2,209,013 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
