| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $8,657,425 | +9.9% | 1,485 | -10 | $5,829 | $70,494,490 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $5,763,820 | -18.7% | 1,205 | +22 | $4,783 | $28,351,361 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Soul Man | $4,548,409 | -1.3% | 1,267 | -18 | $3,589 | $14,738,437 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,810,983 | -7.8% | 1,106 | -1 | $3,445 | $26,352,215 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Something Wild | $2,548,939 | - | 914 | - | $2,788 | $2,548,939 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Tai-Pan | $2,486,393 | - | 860 | - | $2,891 | $2,486,393 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,485,603 | -8.6% | 947 | -63 | $2,624 | $21,660,356 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | 52 Pick-Up | $2,258,555 | - | 730 | - | $3,093 | $2,258,555 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,161,694 | -1.4% | 544 | - | $3,973 | $14,497,169 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Stand by Me | $1,995,983 | +31.4% | 785 | -19 | $2,542 | $41,012,377 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Top Gun | $1,737,651 | +7.4% | 864 | -100 | $2,011 | $162,532,360 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Tough Guys | $1,386,851 | -13.9% | 918 | -93 | $1,510 | $18,464,466 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Quiet Cool | $925,812 | - | 470 | - | $1,969 | $925,812 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Name of the Rose | $693,205 | -12% | 147 | -29 | $4,715 | $4,443,595 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Blue Velvet | $446,506 | -17.4% | 169 | -19 | $2,642 | $5,677,396 | 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 16 | - | Nobody's Fool | $290,870 | - | 290 | - | $1,003 | $290,870 | 1 | Island Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | The Mission | $68,555 | -5.5% | 1 | - | $68,555 | $141,125 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | Betty Blue | $48,972 | - | 2 | - | $24,486 | $48,972 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
| 19 | - | Marlene | $21,262 | - | 1 | - | $21,262 | $21,262 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
