| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | $44,383,615 | 1,610 | $115,103,979 | Jun 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | Ruthless People | - | - | - | $34,298,999 | 1,114 | $71,624,879 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Back to School | - | - | - | $33,303,871 | 1,751 | $91,258,000 | Jun 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $32,018,514 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Aliens | - | - | - | $30,254,845 | 1,454 | $85,160,248 | Jul 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Running Scared | - | - | - | $23,549,313 | 1,376 | $38,500,726 | Jun 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 7 | Legal Eagles | - | - | - | $23,455,270 | 1,248 | $49,851,591 | Jun 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | $23,177,814 | 1,330 | $70,136,369 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | About Last Night | - | - | - | $20,866,856 | 887 | $38,702,310 | Jul 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Great Mouse Detective | - | - | - | $19,663,799 | 1,198 | $25,336,794 | Jul 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Psycho III | - | - | - | $14,481,606 | 1,408 | $14,481,606 | Jul 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Club Paradise | - | - | - | $11,276,632 | 1,186 | $12,308,521 | Jul 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Big Trouble in Little China | - | - | - | $11,100,000 | 1,092 | $11,100,000 | Jul 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Under the Cherry Moon | - | - | - | $10,090,429 | 976 | $10,090,429 | Jul 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Labyrinth | - | - | - | $9,690,921 | 1,141 | $12,729,917 | Jun 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Heartburn | - | - | - | $8,435,739 | 850 | $25,314,189 | Jul 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Short Circuit | - | - | - | $6,206,856 | 1,310 | $40,697,761 | May 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | - | - | - | $5,231,936 | 1,599 | $40,996,665 | May 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Maximum Overdrive | - | - | - | $4,613,730 | 1,198 | $7,433,663 | Jul 25 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 20 | Cobra | - | - | - | $4,575,083 | 2,131 | $49,042,224 | May 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Vamp | - | - | - | $4,567,157 | 1,104 | $4,941,117 | Jul 18 | New World Pictures | false |
| 22 | Haunted Honeymoon | - | - | - | $4,141,879 | 1,047 | $8,033,397 | Jul 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Out of Bounds | - | - | - | $3,230,436 | 1,207 | $5,099,316 | Jul 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | American Anthem | - | - | - | $3,198,376 | 900 | $4,845,724 | Jun 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | Pirates | - | - | - | $1,641,825 | 1,108 | $1,641,825 | Jul 18 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 26 | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | $1,353,813 | 32 | $2,052,466 | Apr 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
