| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $7,877,424 | -11.1% | 1,495 | - | $5,269 | $61,837,065 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color of Money | $7,091,561 | +1.2% | 1,183 | +366 | $5,994 | $22,587,541 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Soul Man | $4,610,648 | -17.4% | 1,285 | +3 | $3,588 | $10,190,028 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $4,135,536 | -18% | 1,107 | +2 | $3,735 | $22,541,232 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,719,098 | -26.6% | 1,010 | -68 | $2,692 | $19,174,753 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,192,686 | -8.9% | 544 | +64 | $4,030 | $12,335,475 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Trick or Treat | $2,047,087 | -44.6% | 1,262 | -5 | $1,622 | $5,739,394 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Sky Bandits | $1,818,500 | - | 1,335 | - | $1,362 | $1,818,500 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | Top Gun | $1,618,658 | -20.3% | 964 | -204 | $1,679 | $160,794,709 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Tough Guys | $1,610,061 | -33.3% | 1,011 | -205 | $1,592 | $17,077,615 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Stand by Me | $1,519,581 | -12.4% | 804 | -29 | $1,890 | $39,016,394 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Name of the Rose | $787,833 | -18% | 176 | +25 | $4,476 | $3,750,390 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Blue Velvet | $540,417 | +3.9% | 188 | +28 | $2,874 | $5,230,890 | 7 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | From Beyond | $410,890 | -37.7% | 119 | -71 | $3,452 | $1,070,053 | 2 | Empire Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Mission | $72,570 | - | 1 | - | $72,570 | $72,570 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
