| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $12,217,026 | $8,193,052 | 67.1% | $4,023,974 | 32.9% | 1,028 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Short Circuit | $5,397,746 | $4,420,900 | 81.9% | $976,846 | 18.1% | 1,064 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Sweet Liberty | $4,314,485 | $3,160,891 | 73.3% | $1,153,594 | 26.7% | 1,234 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $2,801,282 | $2,124,306 | 75.8% | $676,976 | 24.2% | 1,102 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Fire with Fire | $1,052,879 | $1,052,879 | 100% | $0 | - | 972 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $984,954 | $717,836 | 72.9% | $267,118 | 27.1% | 781 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Money Pit | $954,480 | $954,480 | 100% | $0 | - | 984 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Wise Guys | $802,640 | $563,637 | 70.2% | $239,003 | 29.8% | 379 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Pretty in Pink | $771,492 | $560,869 | 72.7% | $210,623 | 27.3% | 605 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Gung Ho | $755,821 | $558,466 | 73.9% | $197,355 | 26.1% | 652 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Critters | $743,224 | $568,398 | 76.5% | $174,826 | 23.5% | 490 | 6 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | Blue City | $565,793 | $565,793 | 100% | $0 | - | 844 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | No Retreat, No Surrender | - | $665,877 | - | - | - | 371 | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Desert Bloom | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Legend | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dangerously Close | - | $474,260 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
