| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $5,716,215 | -15.3% | 1,495 | - | $3,823 | $59,675,856 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $5,292,685 | +0.7% | 1,183 | +366 | $4,473 | $20,788,665 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Soul Man | $3,524,711 | -20.3% | 1,285 | +3 | $2,742 | $9,104,091 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,335,536 | -20% | 1,107 | +2 | $3,013 | $21,741,232 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,018,923 | -30.6% | 1,010 | -68 | $1,998 | $18,474,578 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Trick or Treat | $1,629,898 | -44% | 1,262 | -5 | $1,291 | $5,322,205 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,571,939 | -13.2% | 544 | +64 | $2,889 | $11,714,728 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Sky Bandits | $1,468,500 | - | 1,335 | - | $1,100 | $1,468,500 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Tough Guys | $1,160,827 | -37.1% | 1,011 | -205 | $1,148 | $16,628,381 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Top Gun | $1,158,343 | -26.5% | 964 | -204 | $1,201 | $160,334,394 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Stand by Me | $1,135,510 | -16.3% | 804 | -29 | $1,412 | $38,632,323 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Name of the Rose | $553,121 | -22.2% | 176 | +25 | $3,142 | $3,515,678 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Blue Velvet | $360,162 | +0.7% | 188 | +28 | $1,915 | $5,050,635 | 7 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | From Beyond | $287,623 | -44.1% | 119 | -71 | $2,417 | $946,786 | 2 | Empire Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Mission | $40,366 | - | 1 | - | $40,366 | $40,366 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
