| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $14,449,508 | $8,870,625 | 61.4% | $5,578,883 | 38.6% | 1,327 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Back to School | $11,124,647 | $6,839,183 | 61.5% | $4,285,464 | 38.5% | 1,751 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Legal Eagles | $9,338,498 | $6,022,848 | 64.5% | $3,315,650 | 35.5% | 1,248 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Ruthless People | $8,722,970 | $5,274,306 | 60.5% | $3,448,664 | 39.5% | 1,111 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Top Gun | $8,516,356 | $5,037,030 | 59.2% | $3,479,326 | 40.8% | 1,485 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Running Scared | $8,290,827 | $5,227,757 | 63% | $3,063,070 | 37% | 1,376 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $7,331,344 | $4,312,047 | 58.8% | $3,019,297 | 41.2% | 1,330 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Labyrinth | $5,318,243 | $3,549,243 | 66.7% | $1,769,000 | 33.3% | 1,141 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | American Anthem | $2,882,859 | $1,867,969 | 64.8% | $1,014,890 | 35.2% | 900 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Cobra | $1,647,249 | $1,243,795 | 75.5% | $403,454 | 24.5% | 1,115 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Short Circuit | $1,635,410 | $1,147,410 | 70.2% | $488,000 | 29.8% | 1,045 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $1,616,163 | $1,115,952 | 69% | $500,211 | 31% | 1,066 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Manhattan Project | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | My Little Pony: The Movie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | SpaceCamp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Raw Deal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
