| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $10,413,044 | $6,284,953 | 60.4% | $4,128,091 | 39.6% | 1,298 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Ruthless People | $8,375,766 | $5,285,843 | 63.1% | $3,089,923 | 36.9% | 1,114 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Back to School | $8,271,250 | $5,076,101 | 61.4% | $3,195,149 | 38.6% | 1,746 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Top Gun | $7,780,737 | $4,636,548 | 59.6% | $3,144,189 | 40.4% | 1,386 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Great Mouse Detective | $7,382,313 | $3,220,225 | 43.6% | $4,162,088 | 56.4% | 1,138 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Psycho III | $6,888,590 | $3,238,400 | 47% | $3,650,190 | 53% | 1,408 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Legal Eagles | $6,708,132 | $4,357,740 | 65% | $2,350,392 | 35% | 1,231 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Running Scared | $6,697,365 | $4,190,295 | 62.6% | $2,507,070 | 37.4% | 1,365 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | About Last Night | $6,589,469 | $3,152,469 | 47.8% | $3,437,000 | 52.2% | 642 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Under the Cherry Moon | $6,381,265 | $3,150,924 | 49.4% | $3,230,341 | 50.6% | 976 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $5,773,143 | $3,359,881 | 58.2% | $2,413,262 | 41.8% | 1,330 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Big Trouble in Little China | $5,290,980 | $2,723,211 | 51.5% | $2,567,769 | 48.5% | 1,053 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Labyrinth | $2,917,177 | $1,836,177 | 62.9% | $1,081,000 | 37.1% | 1,135 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | American Anthem | - | $688,765 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Cobra | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Short Circuit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
