| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $5,521,551 | -13.6% | 1,485 | - | $3,718 | $76,016,041 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $3,107,994 | -29.4% | 1,205 | - | $2,579 | $31,459,355 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Soul Man | $2,827,444 | -18.6% | 1,278 | +11 | $2,212 | $17,565,881 | 4 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $2,628,787 | -20% | 1,104 | -2 | $2,381 | $28,981,002 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,465,238 | -20.9% | 975 | +28 | $1,502 | $23,125,594 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Something Wild | $1,416,522 | -22.4% | 916 | +2 | $1,546 | $3,965,461 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,331,594 | -15.8% | 544 | - | $2,447 | $15,828,763 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Stand by Me | $1,316,136 | -8.9% | 815 | +30 | $1,614 | $42,328,513 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Streets of Gold | $1,279,498 | - | 797 | - | $1,605 | $1,279,498 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 11 | Top Gun | $1,190,871 | -5.4% | 920 | +56 | $1,294 | $163,723,231 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | 52 Pick-Up | $1,162,767 | -29.7% | 728 | -2 | $1,597 | $3,421,322 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | Tai-Pan | $832,049 | -55.3% | 842 | -18 | $988 | $3,318,442 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Tough Guys | $767,086 | -25.5% | 872 | -46 | $879 | $19,231,552 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Name of the Rose | $382,680 | -23.8% | 152 | +5 | $2,517 | $4,826,275 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | The Mission | $260,673 | +491.8% | 10 | +9 | $26,067 | $401,798 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Blue Velvet | $252,793 | -14.8% | 183 | +14 | $1,381 | $5,930,189 | 9 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 17 | - | Hoosiers | $220,068 | - | 30 | - | $7,335 | $220,068 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Willy/Milly | $214,000 | - | 182 | - | $1,175 | $214,000 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 19 | - | Every Time We Say Goodbye | $118,200 | - | 63 | - | $1,876 | $118,200 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
