| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Crocodile Dundee | $10,560,827 | - | 1,378 | - | $7,663 | $32,840,242 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Peggy Sue Got Married | $6,942,408 | - | 865 | - | $8,025 | $6,942,408 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $6,006,610 | - | 1,080 | - | $5,561 | $6,006,610 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | - | Deadly Friend | $3,804,429 | - | 1,213 | - | $3,136 | $3,804,429 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | - | Tough Guys | $3,410,553 | - | 957 | - | $3,563 | $9,313,349 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Top Gun | $2,673,978 | - | 1,357 | - | $1,970 | $154,110,655 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Stand by Me | $2,052,054 | - | 843 | - | $2,434 | $33,642,395 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Children of a Lesser God | $1,928,543 | - | 241 | - | $8,002 | $4,507,215 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | That's Life! | $1,444,284 | - | 700 | - | $2,063 | - | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | The Karate Kid Part II | $940,279 | - | 922 | - | $1,019 | $110,722,495 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | The Boy Who Could Fly | $605,572 | - | 601 | - | $1,007 | $5,562,649 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | - | Blue Velvet | $567,465 | - | 147 | - | $3,860 | $3,438,313 | - | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | - | The Name of the Rose | $334,888 | - | 44 | - | $7,611 | $1,542,679 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | - | Shanghai Surprise | $5,730 | - | 15 | - | $382 | $2,048,536 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
