| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $18,448,417 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $18,056,482 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Fly | - | - | - | $12,125,038 | 1,201 | $40,456,565 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | $10,885,804 | 1,610 | $115,103,979 | Jun 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Aliens | - | - | - | $10,512,220 | 1,454 | $85,160,248 | Jul 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Nothing in Common | - | - | - | $9,395,717 | 980 | $32,324,557 | Aug 1 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 7 | Ruthless People | - | - | - | $9,286,755 | 1,114 | $71,624,879 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $8,098,010 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Back to School | - | - | - | $7,017,752 | 1,751 | $91,258,000 | Jun 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Extremities | - | - | - | $6,226,640 | 696 | $13,418,091 | Aug 22 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | $6,090,398 | 1,330 | $70,136,369 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | About Last Night | - | - | - | $5,921,646 | 887 | $38,702,310 | Jul 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mona Lisa | - | - | - | $5,637,589 | 162 | $5,794,184 | Jun 13 | Island Pictures | false |
| 14 | Avenging Force | - | - | - | $4,679,650 | 500 | $4,679,650 | Sep 12 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 15 | Armed and Dangerous | - | - | - | $4,593,064 | 1,557 | $15,945,534 | Aug 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | Flight of the Navigator | - | - | - | $3,492,389 | 1,024 | $18,564,613 | Jul 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | - | - | - | $3,078,898 | 1,474 | $8,025,872 | Aug 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 18 | The Men's Club | - | - | - | $2,556,361 | 532 | $2,556,361 | Sep 19 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 19 | One Crazy Summer | - | - | - | $2,269,679 | 984 | $13,431,806 | Aug 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Born American | - | - | - | $2,263,893 | 1,071 | $3,388,020 | Aug 29 | - | false |
| 21 | Bullies | - | - | - | $2,195,226 | 1,005 | $2,995,527 | Aug 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | $1,780,880 | 761 | $35,392,203 | Feb 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Blue Velvet | - | - | - | $1,768,923 | 188 | $8,551,228 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 24 | Shanghai Surprise | - | - | - | $1,575,394 | 401 | $2,315,683 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | The Boy Who Could Fly | - | - | - | $1,564,899 | 664 | $7,177,431 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Howard the Duck | - | - | - | $1,517,392 | 1,563 | $16,295,774 | Aug 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | Touch and Go | - | - | - | $1,067,349 | 201 | $1,254,040 | Aug 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 28 | The Transformers: The Movie | - | - | - | $508,333 | 990 | $5,849,647 | Aug 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 29 | The Name of the Rose | - | - | - | $505,015 | 176 | $7,153,487 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Radioactive Dreams | - | - | - | $220,038 | 90 | $220,038 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 31 | Hardbodies 2 | - | - | - | $78,068 | 46 | $78,068 | Sep 12 | Cinetel | false |
| 32 | 'night, Mother | - | - | - | $74,541 | 35 | $441,863 | Sep 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Weekend Warriors | - | - | - | $53,400 | 75 | $351,623 | Aug 29 | - | false |
