Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
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1 | 2 | Stand by Me | $6,360,382 | +5.6% | 801 | +56 | $7,940 | $13,255,266 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
2 | 3 | Top Gun | $6,030,182 | +15.8% | 1,289 | +88 | $4,678 | $132,351,093 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
3 | 1 | The Fly | $5,556,435 | -22% | 1,171 | -30 | $4,745 | $23,637,796 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
4 | 4 | Aliens | $4,391,808 | -14.9% | 1,249 | -31 | $3,516 | $67,160,027 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
5 | 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | $4,262,059 | -1.5% | 1,542 | -7 | $2,763 | $99,433,763 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
6 | 9 | Nothing in Common | $4,026,268 | +5.1% | 951 | - | $4,233 | $22,600,227 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
7 | 8 | Extremities | $3,307,417 | -14.8% | 696 | +91 | $4,752 | $7,191,451 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
8 | 10 | Ruthless People | $3,250,049 | +1.8% | 958 | +4 | $3,392 | $59,686,262 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
9 | - | Born American | $2,622,955 | - | 1,071 | - | $2,449 | $2,622,955 | 1 | - | true | false |
10 | 6 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | $2,272,542 | -42.8% | 1,302 | -172 | $1,745 | $6,245,566 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
11 | 7 | Armed and Dangerous | $2,183,898 | -43.8% | 1,123 | -434 | $1,944 | $12,600,410 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
12 | 12 | Back to School | $2,067,992 | +6.8% | 804 | +25 | $2,572 | $80,706,979 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
13 | - | Bullies | $1,867,365 | - | 1,005 | - | $1,858 | $1,867,365 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
14 | 16 | About Last Night | $1,767,382 | -1.8% | 732 | -55 | $2,414 | $32,780,664 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
15 | 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,570,871 | -13.4% | 598 | -87 | $2,626 | $61,046,043 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
16 | 13 | Flight of the Navigator | $1,327,926 | -27.6% | 901 | -15 | $1,473 | $15,831,036 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
17 | 14 | One Crazy Summer | $989,204 | -45.8% | 561 | -231 | $1,763 | $11,727,383 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
18 | - | Shanghai Surprise | $871,508 | - | 401 | - | $2,173 | $871,508 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
19 | 18 | The Transformers: The Movie | $414,557 | -50.2% | 613 | -233 | $676 | $5,578,202 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
20 | 19 | Howard the Duck | $325,950 | -42.7% | 265 | -84 | $1,230 | $14,964,638 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |