| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Risky Business | - | - | - | $63,541,777 | 1,137 | $4,275,327 | 6.7% | 670 | Aug 5 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Easy Money | - | - | - | $29,309,766 | 1,171 | $5,844,974 | 19.9% | 1,130 | Aug 19 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Cujo | - | - | - | $21,156,152 | 1,293 | $6,114,899 | 28.9% | 1,239 | Aug 12 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Hercules | - | - | - | $10,676,194 | 1,014 | $3,473,635 | 32.5% | 1,001 | Aug 26 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | Strange Brew | - | - | - | $8,571,374 | 849 | $1,913,389 | 22.3% | 849 | Aug 26 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | The Golden Seal | - | - | - | $6,666,725 | 435 | - | - | - | Aug 19 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 7 | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | - | - | - | $5,678,950 | 1,119 | $1,728,060 | 30.4% | 498 | Aug 12 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Star Chamber | - | - | - | $5,555,305 | 796 | $1,980,105 | 35.6% | 796 | Aug 5 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | - | - | - | $5,301,085 | 784 | $2,019,000 | 38.1% | 549 | Aug 19 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Curse of the Pink Panther | - | - | - | $4,491,986 | 812 | $1,641,182 | 36.5% | 812 | Aug 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 11 | Yor: The Hunter from the Future | - | - | - | $2,810,199 | 1,425 | $2,810,199 | 100% | 1,425 | Aug 19 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Man Who Wasn't There | - | - | - | $2,443,487 | 980 | $1,379,502 | 56.5% | 980 | Aug 12 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | - | - | - | $2,306,560 | 196 | $99,221 | 4.3% | 4 | Aug 26 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Get Crazy | - | - | - | $1,645,711 | - | - | - | - | Aug 5 | - | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 15 | Getting It On | - | - | - | $975,414 | 350 | $975,414 | 100% | 350 | Aug 19 | - | Comworld Pictures | false |
| 16 | American Playhouse: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | - | - | - | $804,963 | 32 | $15,477 | 1.9% | 1 | Aug 19 | - | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 17 | Fire and Ice | - | - | - | $760,883 | 89 | $263,238 | 34.6% | 89 | Aug 26 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Daniel | - | - | - | $687,475 | - | - | - | - | Aug 26 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
