| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $10,811,865 | $6,903,408 | 63.8% | $3,908,457 | 36.2% | 1,057 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Cobra | $10,547,613 | $7,511,542 | 71.2% | $3,036,071 | 28.8% | 2,131 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $8,273,906 | $6,034,943 | 72.9% | $2,238,963 | 27.1% | 1,599 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Short Circuit | $4,846,463 | $3,474,006 | 71.7% | $1,372,457 | 28.3% | 1,307 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Sweet Liberty | $2,306,330 | $1,663,200 | 72.1% | $643,130 | 27.9% | 1,155 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Jake Speed | $1,295,913 | $1,058,048 | 81.6% | $237,865 | 18.4% | 795 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $1,263,310 | $953,532 | 75.5% | $309,778 | 24.5% | 722 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | $691,508 | $490,420 | 70.9% | $201,088 | 29.1% | 499 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $683,747 | $430,656 | 63% | $253,091 | 37% | 339 | 17 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $679,759 | $504,502 | 74.2% | $175,257 | 25.8% | 461 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | $644,062 | $478,665 | 74.3% | $165,397 | 25.7% | 525 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Critters | - | $698,919 | - | - | - | 633 | 8 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Gung Ho | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Color Purple | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
