| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $12,645,215 | $8,231,279 | 65.1% | $4,413,936 | 34.9% | 1,531 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Raw Deal | $7,512,453 | $5,438,978 | 72.4% | $2,073,475 | 27.6% | 1,731 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 3 | Cobra | $6,962,228 | $5,016,853 | 72.1% | $1,945,375 | 27.9% | 2,117 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $5,800,085 | $4,207,047 | 72.5% | $1,593,038 | 27.5% | 1,583 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Short Circuit | $4,591,629 | $3,281,200 | 71.5% | $1,310,429 | 28.5% | 1,307 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | SpaceCamp | $4,161,955 | $2,918,072 | 70.1% | $1,243,883 | 29.9% | 979 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Invaders from Mars | $2,773,981 | $2,046,576 | 73.8% | $727,405 | 26.2% | 1,212 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 8 | Sweet Liberty | $1,734,349 | $1,299,805 | 74.9% | $434,544 | 25.1% | 897 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | $843,851 | $624,979 | 74.1% | $218,872 | 25.9% | 514 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | My Little Pony: The Movie | $763,469 | $416,108 | 54.5% | $347,361 | 45.5% | 421 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 11 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $554,798 | $402,893 | 72.6% | $151,905 | 27.4% | 268 | 18 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Critters | $537,712 | $380,205 | 70.7% | $157,507 | 29.3% | 431 | 9 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | At Close Range | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pretty in Pink | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Jake Speed | - | $365,174 | - | - | - | - | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
