| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $46,986,977 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Peggy Sue Got Married | - | - | - | $18,996,486 | 1,107 | $41,382,841 | Oct 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | - | - | - | $16,844,097 | 1,085 | $29,844,101 | Oct 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Color of Money | - | - | - | $16,509,060 | 1,205 | $52,293,982 | Oct 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Tough Guys | - | - | - | $15,697,562 | 1,266 | $21,458,229 | Oct 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $12,053,590 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $10,456,029 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $10,036,649 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 9 | Aliens | - | - | - | $9,997,605 | 1,454 | $85,160,248 | Jul 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Deadly Friend | - | - | - | $8,988,731 | 1,213 | $8,988,731 | Oct 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | The Fly | - | - | - | $7,868,833 | 1,201 | $40,456,565 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | $7,219,869 | 1,610 | $115,103,979 | Jun 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Soul Man | - | - | - | $6,238,044 | 1,320 | $27,820,000 | Oct 24 | New World Pictures | false |
| 14 | Back to School | - | - | - | $4,714,974 | 1,751 | $91,258,000 | Jun 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Boy Who Could Fly | - | - | - | $4,133,436 | 664 | $7,177,431 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Trick or Treat | - | - | - | $3,984,748 | 1,267 | $6,797,218 | Oct 24 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 17 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | $3,897,565 | 1,330 | $70,136,369 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Ruthless People | - | - | - | $3,672,360 | 1,114 | $71,624,879 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | That's Life! | - | - | - | $3,272,241 | 700 | $4,079,895 | Sep 26 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Blue Velvet | - | - | - | $2,998,749 | 188 | $8,551,228 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 21 | Playing for Keeps | - | - | - | $2,669,366 | 1,148 | $2,669,366 | Oct 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Nothing in Common | - | - | - | $2,629,332 | 980 | $32,324,557 | Aug 1 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Name of the Rose | - | - | - | $2,570,089 | 176 | $7,153,487 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Link | - | - | - | $1,720,450 | 435 | $1,720,450 | Oct 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 25 | Clockwise | - | - | - | $1,476,356 | 38 | $1,476,356 | Oct 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | From Beyond | - | - | - | $717,861 | 190 | $1,261,000 | Oct 24 | Empire Pictures | false |
| 27 | 'night, Mother | - | - | - | $367,322 | 35 | $441,863 | Sep 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Shanghai Surprise | - | - | - | $325,037 | 401 | $2,315,683 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | Weekend Warriors | - | - | - | $298,223 | 75 | $351,623 | Aug 29 | - | false |
| 30 | Sky Bandits | - | - | - | $259,785 | 1,335 | $2,295,500 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 31 | Sid and Nancy | - | - | - | $75,604 | 43 | $2,826,523 | Oct 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 32 | 'Round Midnight | - | - | - | $38,644 | 50 | $3,272,593 | Oct 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | The Gospel According to Vic | - | - | - | $15,117 | 11 | $267,249 | Oct 17 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Mission | - | - | - | $10,367 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
