| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | $79,612,734 | 1,610 | $115,103,979 | Jun 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 2 | Aliens | - | - | - | $75,162,643 | 1,454 | $85,160,248 | Jul 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $75,085,370 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Ruthless People | - | - | - | $62,131,293 | 1,114 | $71,624,879 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Back to School | - | - | - | $52,978,559 | 1,751 | $91,258,000 | Jun 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | $39,624,520 | 1,330 | $70,136,369 | Jun 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | About Last Night | - | - | - | $38,702,310 | 887 | $38,702,310 | Jul 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | Running Scared | - | - | - | $33,763,108 | 1,376 | $38,500,726 | Jun 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 9 | The Fly | - | - | - | $32,587,730 | 1,201 | $40,456,565 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Legal Eagles | - | - | - | $32,089,808 | 1,248 | $49,851,591 | Jun 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Nothing in Common | - | - | - | $29,695,220 | 980 | $32,324,557 | Aug 1 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | - | - | - | $29,098,792 | 1,610 | $19,472,057 | Aug 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $27,677,244 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Great Mouse Detective | - | - | - | $25,336,794 | 1,198 | $25,336,794 | Jul 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Heartburn | - | - | - | $25,314,189 | 850 | $25,314,189 | Jul 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Flight of the Navigator | - | - | - | $18,564,613 | 1,024 | $18,564,613 | Jul 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Howard the Duck | - | - | - | $16,295,774 | 1,563 | $16,295,774 | Aug 1 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Armed and Dangerous | - | - | - | $15,945,534 | 1,557 | $15,945,534 | Aug 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Psycho III | - | - | - | $14,481,606 | 1,408 | $14,481,606 | Jul 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | One Crazy Summer | - | - | - | $13,431,806 | 984 | $13,431,806 | Aug 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Extremities | - | - | - | $13,418,091 | 696 | $13,418,091 | Aug 22 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 22 | Club Paradise | - | - | - | $12,308,521 | 1,186 | $12,308,521 | Jul 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Big Trouble in Little China | - | - | - | $11,100,000 | 1,092 | $11,100,000 | Jul 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Under the Cherry Moon | - | - | - | $10,090,429 | 976 | $10,090,429 | Jul 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Labyrinth | - | - | - | $9,690,921 | 1,141 | $12,729,917 | Jun 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 26 | Manhunter | - | - | - | $8,620,929 | 779 | $8,620,929 | Aug 15 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 27 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $8,098,010 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 28 | Haunted Honeymoon | - | - | - | $8,033,397 | 1,047 | $8,033,397 | Jul 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | - | - | - | $8,025,872 | 1,474 | $8,025,872 | Aug 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 30 | Maximum Overdrive | - | - | - | $7,433,663 | 1,198 | $7,433,663 | Jul 25 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 31 | She's Gotta Have It | - | - | - | $7,137,502 | 1 | $7,137,502 | Aug 8 | Island Pictures | false |
| 32 | Short Circuit | - | - | - | $6,206,856 | 1,310 | $40,697,761 | May 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 33 | A Fine Mess | - | - | - | $6,029,824 | 1,162 | $6,029,824 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Transformers: The Movie | - | - | - | $5,849,647 | 990 | $5,849,647 | Aug 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 35 | Mona Lisa | - | - | - | $5,637,589 | 162 | $5,794,184 | Jun 13 | Island Pictures | false |
| 36 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | - | - | - | $5,231,936 | 1,599 | $40,996,665 | May 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 37 | Out of Bounds | - | - | - | $5,099,316 | 1,207 | $5,099,316 | Jul 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 38 | Vamp | - | - | - | $4,941,117 | 1,104 | $4,941,117 | Jul 18 | New World Pictures | false |
| 39 | Avenging Force | - | - | - | $4,679,650 | 500 | $4,679,650 | Sep 12 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 40 | Cobra | - | - | - | $4,575,083 | 2,131 | $49,042,224 | May 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Born American | - | - | - | $3,388,020 | 1,071 | $3,388,020 | Aug 29 | Palisades Pictures | false |
| 42 | American Anthem | - | - | - | $3,198,376 | 900 | $4,845,724 | Jun 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 43 | Bullies | - | - | - | $2,995,527 | 1,005 | $2,995,527 | Aug 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 44 | The Men's Club | - | - | - | $2,556,361 | 532 | $2,556,361 | Sep 19 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 45 | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | $2,012,872 | 32 | $2,052,466 | Apr 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 46 | Shanghai Surprise | - | - | - | $1,948,898 | 401 | $2,315,683 | Aug 29 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 47 | The Boy Who Could Fly | - | - | - | $1,909,553 | 664 | $7,177,431 | Aug 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 48 | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | $1,780,880 | 761 | $35,392,203 | Feb 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 49 | Blue Velvet | - | - | - | $1,768,923 | 188 | $8,551,228 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 50 | Pirates | - | - | - | $1,641,825 | 1,108 | $1,641,825 | Jul 18 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 51 | Touch and Go | - | - | - | $1,254,040 | 201 | $1,254,040 | Aug 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 52 | Night of the Creeps | - | - | - | $591,366 | 70 | $591,366 | Aug 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 53 | The Name of the Rose | - | - | - | $505,015 | 176 | $7,153,487 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 54 | Radioactive Dreams | - | - | - | $220,038 | 90 | $220,038 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 55 | Hardbodies 2 | - | - | - | $78,068 | 46 | $78,068 | Sep 12 | Cinetel | false |
| 56 | 'night, Mother | - | - | - | $74,541 | 35 | $441,863 | Sep 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 57 | Weekend Warriors | - | - | - | $53,400 | 75 | $351,623 | Aug 29 | Moviestore Entertainment | false |
