| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $7,087,090 | -18.1% | 1,485 | - | $4,772 | $77,581,580 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $3,892,932 | -32.5% | 1,205 | - | $3,230 | $32,244,293 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Soul Man | $3,427,379 | -24.6% | 1,278 | +11 | $2,681 | $18,165,816 | 4 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $2,928,787 | -23.1% | 1,104 | -2 | $2,652 | $29,281,002 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Something Wild | $1,874,495 | -26.5% | 916 | +2 | $2,046 | $4,423,434 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,864,173 | -25% | 975 | +28 | $1,911 | $23,524,529 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,710,279 | -20.9% | 544 | - | $3,143 | $16,207,448 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Streets of Gold | $1,657,741 | - | 797 | - | $2,079 | $1,657,741 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 11 | Top Gun | $1,520,256 | -12.5% | 920 | +56 | $1,652 | $164,052,616 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | 52 Pick-Up | $1,512,680 | -33% | 728 | -2 | $2,077 | $3,771,235 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Stand by Me | $1,410,309 | -29.3% | 815 | +30 | $1,730 | $42,422,686 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Tai-Pan | $1,115,666 | -55.1% | 842 | -18 | $1,325 | $3,602,059 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Tough Guys | $992,127 | -28.5% | 872 | -46 | $1,137 | $19,456,593 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Name of the Rose | $504,384 | -27.2% | 152 | +5 | $3,318 | $4,947,979 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Blue Velvet | $363,382 | -18.6% | 183 | +14 | $1,985 | $6,040,778 | 9 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | The Mission | $360,155 | +425.4% | 10 | +9 | $36,015 | $501,280 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | - | Hoosiers | $291,065 | - | 30 | - | $9,702 | $291,065 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 18 | - | Willy/Milly | $235,262 | - | 182 | - | $1,292 | $235,262 | 1 | - | true | false |
