| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $10,649,046 | $6,667,787 | 62.6% | $3,981,259 | 37.4% | 1,543 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Ruthless People | $8,195,628 | $5,434,671 | 66.3% | $2,760,957 | 33.7% | 1,114 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Back to School | $7,916,425 | $5,265,743 | 66.5% | $2,650,682 | 33.5% | 1,713 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Top Gun | $7,601,755 | $4,730,530 | 62.2% | $2,871,225 | 37.8% | 1,415 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Club Paradise | $6,035,624 | $4,152,296 | 68.8% | $1,883,328 | 31.2% | 1,172 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Running Scared | $6,001,680 | $4,091,748 | 68.2% | $1,909,932 | 31.8% | 1,319 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Legal Eagles | $5,723,995 | $3,931,560 | 68.7% | $1,792,435 | 31.3% | 1,206 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $5,656,580 | $3,567,603 | 63.1% | $2,088,977 | 36.9% | 1,202 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Great Mouse Detective | $5,595,960 | $3,447,874 | 61.6% | $2,148,086 | 38.4% | 1,198 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | About Last Night | $5,243,010 | $3,496,010 | 66.7% | $1,747,000 | 33.3% | 680 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Psycho III | $3,803,960 | $2,613,660 | 68.7% | $1,190,300 | 31.3% | 1,372 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Big Trouble in Little China | $3,087,135 | $2,060,881 | 66.8% | $1,026,254 | 33.2% | 1,092 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Under the Cherry Moon | $2,242,992 | $1,552,915 | 69.2% | $690,077 | 30.8% | 937 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Labyrinth | $2,117,806 | $1,402,784 | 66.2% | $715,022 | 33.8% | 944 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
