| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $72,268,322 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Cobra | - | - | - | $44,467,139 | 2,131 | $49,042,224 | May 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | - | - | - | $35,764,726 | 1,599 | $40,996,665 | May 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 4 | Short Circuit | - | - | - | $34,490,905 | 1,310 | $40,697,761 | May 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | Back to School | - | - | - | $33,564,462 | 1,751 | $91,258,000 | Jun 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Money Pit | - | - | - | $32,330,931 | 1,193 | $37,499,651 | Mar 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | $28,271,370 | 1,610 | $115,103,979 | Jun 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 8 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | $26,614,275 | 1,330 | $70,136,369 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | - | - | - | $26,207,785 | 1,788 | $43,579,163 | Mar 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | - | - | - | $18,034,150 | 1,203 | $18,034,150 | May 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | Gung Ho | - | - | - | $17,894,195 | 1,175 | $36,611,610 | Mar 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Legal Eagles | - | - | - | $17,761,782 | 1,248 | $49,851,591 | Jun 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Raw Deal | - | - | - | $16,209,459 | 1,733 | $16,209,459 | Jun 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 14 | Legend | - | - | - | $15,502,112 | 1,187 | $15,502,112 | Apr 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Pretty in Pink | - | - | - | $15,091,897 | 1,117 | $40,471,663 | Feb 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Sweet Liberty | - | - | - | $14,205,021 | 1,238 | $14,205,021 | May 16 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Out of Africa | - | - | - | $12,940,030 | 1,102 | $87,071,205 | Dec 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Critters | - | - | - | $12,540,457 | 633 | $13,167,232 | Apr 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 19 | The Color Purple | - | - | - | $11,909,540 | 1,109 | $94,175,854 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | $11,181,688 | 761 | $35,392,203 | Feb 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Murphy's Law | - | - | - | $9,947,631 | 1,260 | $9,947,631 | Apr 18 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 22 | April Fool's Day | - | - | - | $9,841,825 | 1,202 | $12,947,763 | Mar 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | SpaceCamp | - | - | - | $9,697,739 | 1,024 | $9,697,739 | Jun 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $9,078,218 | 1,084 | $62,134,225 | Jan 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,387,913 | 1,159 | $15,120,195 | Mar 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Wise Guys | - | - | - | $7,327,956 | 424 | $8,475,466 | Apr 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | Lucas | - | - | - | $7,128,947 | 629 | $8,200,000 | Mar 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Blue City | - | - | - | $6,947,787 | 1,050 | $6,947,787 | May 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | My Little Pony: The Movie | - | - | - | $5,958,456 | 1,003 | $5,958,456 | Jun 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 30 | Ruthless People | - | - | - | $4,984,552 | 1,114 | $71,624,879 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Invaders from Mars | - | - | - | $4,884,663 | 1,212 | $4,884,663 | Jun 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 32 | Band of the Hand | - | - | - | $4,865,912 | 930 | $4,865,912 | Apr 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 33 | Off Beat | - | - | - | $4,842,778 | 1,127 | $4,842,778 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Violets Are Blue... | - | - | - | $4,743,287 | 654 | $4,743,287 | Apr 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 35 | Running Scared | - | - | - | $4,737,612 | 1,376 | $38,500,726 | Jun 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 36 | Fire with Fire | - | - | - | $4,636,169 | 1,000 | $4,636,169 | May 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 37 | No Retreat, No Surrender | - | - | - | $3,978,884 | 371 | $4,662,137 | May 2 | New World Pictures | false |
| 38 | The Manhattan Project | - | - | - | $3,900,000 | 834 | $3,900,000 | Jun 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 39 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | - | - | - | $3,196,005 | 1,476 | $8,540,346 | Mar 7 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 40 | Labyrinth | - | - | - | $3,038,996 | 1,141 | $12,729,917 | Jun 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 41 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | - | - | - | $2,992,099 | 614 | $29,999,213 | Nov 1 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 42 | P.O.W. the Escape | - | - | - | $2,497,233 | 476 | $2,497,233 | Apr 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 43 | Dangerously Close | - | - | - | $2,390,525 | 827 | $2,390,525 | May 9 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 44 | At Close Range | - | - | - | $2,347,000 | 83 | $2,347,000 | Apr 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Turtle Diary | - | - | - | $2,108,021 | 40 | $2,156,772 | Feb 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 46 | Jake Speed | - | - | - | $1,943,751 | 795 | $1,943,751 | May 30 | New World Pictures | false |
| 47 | American Anthem | - | - | - | $1,647,348 | 900 | $4,845,724 | Jun 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 48 | 8 Million Ways to Die | - | - | - | $1,305,114 | 215 | $1,305,114 | Apr 25 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 49 | Water | - | - | - | $1,256,862 | 248 | $1,256,862 | Apr 18 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 50 | Absolute Beginners | - | - | - | $930,211 | 4 | $930,211 | Apr 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 51 | Ginger & Fred | - | - | - | $817,745 | 1 | $837,623 | Mar 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 52 | Desert Bloom | - | - | - | $416,393 | 15 | $416,393 | Apr 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 53 | Mona Lisa | - | - | - | $156,595 | 162 | $5,794,184 | Jun 13 | Island Pictures | false |
| 54 | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | $39,594 | 32 | $2,052,466 | Apr 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 55 | Crimewave | - | - | - | $5,101 | 7 | $5,101 | Apr 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
