| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Aliens | - | - | - | $34,395,577 | 1,454 | $85,160,248 | Jul 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | - | - | - | $29,098,792 | 1,610 | $19,472,057 | Aug 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $24,618,435 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | $24,343,311 | 1,610 | $115,103,979 | Jun 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Fly | - | - | - | $20,462,689 | 1,201 | $40,456,565 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Nothing in Common | - | - | - | $20,299,502 | 980 | $32,324,557 | Aug 1 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 7 | Ruthless People | - | - | - | $18,545,534 | 1,114 | $71,624,879 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Heartburn | - | - | - | $16,878,450 | 850 | $25,314,189 | Jul 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Flight of the Navigator | - | - | - | $15,072,219 | 1,024 | $18,564,613 | Jul 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Howard the Duck | - | - | - | $14,778,380 | 1,563 | $16,295,774 | Aug 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Back to School | - | - | - | $12,656,933 | 1,751 | $91,258,000 | Jun 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Armed and Dangerous | - | - | - | $11,352,467 | 1,557 | $15,945,534 | Aug 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | One Crazy Summer | - | - | - | $11,162,121 | 984 | $13,431,806 | Aug 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | About Last Night | - | - | - | $10,903,875 | 887 | $38,702,310 | Jul 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | $10,356,307 | 1,330 | $70,136,369 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Running Scared | - | - | - | $10,213,795 | 1,376 | $38,500,726 | Jun 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 17 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $9,620,762 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | Legal Eagles | - | - | - | $8,634,538 | 1,248 | $49,851,591 | Jun 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Manhunter | - | - | - | $8,620,929 | 779 | $8,620,929 | Aug 15 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 20 | She's Gotta Have It | - | - | - | $7,137,502 | 1 | $7,137,502 | Aug 8 | Island Pictures | false |
| 21 | A Fine Mess | - | - | - | $6,029,824 | 1,162 | $6,029,824 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Great Mouse Detective | - | - | - | $5,672,995 | 1,198 | $25,336,794 | Jul 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Transformers: The Movie | - | - | - | $5,341,311 | 990 | $5,849,647 | Aug 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 24 | Extremities | - | - | - | $5,301,498 | 696 | $13,418,091 | Aug 22 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 25 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | - | - | - | $4,946,968 | 1,474 | $8,025,872 | Aug 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 26 | Haunted Honeymoon | - | - | - | $3,891,518 | 1,047 | $8,033,397 | Jul 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Maximum Overdrive | - | - | - | $2,819,933 | 1,198 | $7,433,663 | Jul 25 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 28 | Out of Bounds | - | - | - | $1,868,880 | 1,207 | $5,099,316 | Jul 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | Born American | - | - | - | $1,124,121 | 1,071 | $3,388,020 | Aug 29 | - | false |
| 30 | Club Paradise | - | - | - | $1,031,889 | 1,186 | $12,308,521 | Jul 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Bullies | - | - | - | $800,298 | 1,005 | $2,995,527 | Aug 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | $659,059 | 32 | $2,052,466 | Apr 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 33 | Night of the Creeps | - | - | - | $591,366 | 70 | $591,366 | Aug 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 34 | Vamp | - | - | - | $373,960 | 1,104 | $4,941,117 | Jul 18 | New World Pictures | false |
| 35 | Shanghai Surprise | - | - | - | $373,503 | 401 | $2,315,683 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 36 | The Boy Who Could Fly | - | - | - | $344,654 | 664 | $7,177,431 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Touch and Go | - | - | - | $186,691 | 201 | $1,254,040 | Aug 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
