| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Stand by Me | $5,037,343 | - | 801 | - | $6,288 | $11,932,227 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Top Gun | $5,024,325 | - | 1,289 | - | $3,897 | $131,345,236 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | The Fly | $4,198,506 | - | 1,171 | - | $3,585 | $22,279,867 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | - | The Karate Kid Part II | $3,776,755 | - | 1,542 | - | $2,449 | $98,948,459 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Aliens | $3,586,256 | - | 1,249 | - | $2,871 | $66,354,475 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | - | Nothing in Common | $3,492,620 | - | 951 | - | $3,672 | $22,066,579 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Extremities | $2,761,032 | - | 696 | - | $3,967 | $6,645,066 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 8 | - | Ruthless People | $2,729,612 | - | 958 | - | $2,849 | $59,165,825 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Born American | $2,225,475 | - | 1,071 | - | $2,077 | $2,225,475 | - | - | - | false |
| 10 | - | Armed and Dangerous | $1,813,353 | - | 1,123 | - | $1,614 | $12,229,865 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | $1,737,561 | - | 1,302 | - | $1,334 | $5,710,585 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 12 | - | Back to School | $1,695,517 | - | 804 | - | $2,108 | $80,334,504 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Bullies | $1,532,605 | - | 1,005 | - | $1,524 | $1,532,605 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | About Last Night | $1,501,048 | - | 732 | - | $2,050 | $32,514,330 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,324,231 | - | 598 | - | $2,214 | $60,799,403 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | - | Flight of the Navigator | $1,173,512 | - | 901 | - | $1,302 | $15,676,622 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | One Crazy Summer | $827,005 | - | 561 | - | $1,474 | $11,565,184 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | - | Shanghai Surprise | $729,885 | - | 401 | - | $1,820 | $729,885 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 19 | - | The Transformers: The Movie | $367,574 | - | 613 | - | $599 | $5,531,219 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 20 | - | Howard the Duck | $325,950 | - | 265 | - | $1,230 | $14,964,638 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
