| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Karate Kid Part II | $20,014,510 | - | 1,323 | - | $15,128 | $20,014,510 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Legal Eagles | $12,425,498 | - | 1,248 | - | $9,956 | $12,425,498 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Back to School | $12,410,304 | -16.1% | 1,610 | +5 | $7,708 | $27,207,522 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $9,524,784 | -26.2% | 1,330 | - | $7,161 | $22,424,939 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Top Gun | $9,465,579 | -8.5% | 1,531 | - | $6,182 | $67,401,834 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Cobra | $2,933,559 | -29.3% | 1,577 | -387 | $1,860 | $43,525,855 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $2,814,585 | -17% | 1,405 | -151 | $2,003 | $34,841,206 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Short Circuit | $2,540,984 | -22.1% | 1,302 | -5 | $1,951 | $33,556,385 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Raw Deal | $2,428,174 | -40.4% | 1,332 | -401 | $1,822 | $14,011,454 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | My Little Pony: The Movie | $1,633,024 | +29.7% | 1,003 | +269 | $1,628 | $3,655,670 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | SpaceCamp | $1,557,008 | -36.4% | 1,024 | +41 | $1,520 | $8,166,851 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Manhattan Project | $1,166,358 | -48.5% | 834 | +7 | $1,398 | $3,430,234 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
