| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $6,392,661 | +11.8% | 1,485 | -10 | $4,304 | $68,229,726 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $4,400,608 | -16.9% | 1,205 | +22 | $3,651 | $26,988,149 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Soul Man | $3,475,407 | -1.4% | 1,267 | -18 | $2,743 | $13,665,435 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,285,983 | -1.5% | 1,106 | -1 | $2,971 | $25,827,215 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tai-Pan | $1,863,469 | - | 860 | - | $2,166 | $1,863,469 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,852,209 | -8.3% | 947 | -63 | $1,955 | $21,026,962 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Something Wild | $1,825,717 | - | 914 | - | $1,997 | $1,825,717 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | 52 Pick-Up | $1,654,835 | - | 730 | - | $2,266 | $1,654,835 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,581,397 | +0.6% | 544 | - | $2,906 | $13,916,872 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Stand by Me | $1,444,875 | +27.2% | 785 | -19 | $1,840 | $40,461,269 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Top Gun | $1,258,282 | +8.6% | 864 | -100 | $1,456 | $162,052,991 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Tough Guys | $1,029,004 | -11.4% | 918 | -93 | $1,120 | $18,106,619 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Quiet Cool | $815,812 | - | 470 | - | $1,735 | $815,812 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Name of the Rose | $502,316 | -9.2% | 147 | -29 | $3,417 | $4,252,706 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Blue Velvet | $296,631 | -17.6% | 169 | -19 | $1,755 | $5,527,521 | 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 16 | - | Nobody's Fool | $258,100 | - | 290 | - | $890 | $258,100 | 1 | Island Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | The Mission | $44,049 | +9.1% | 1 | - | $44,049 | $116,619 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | Betty Blue | $29,383 | - | 2 | - | $14,691 | $29,383 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
| 19 | - | Marlene | $14,490 | - | 1 | - | $14,490 | $14,490 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
