| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Aliens | $16,433,803 | $10,052,042 | 61.2% | $6,381,761 | 38.8% | 1,437 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | The Karate Kid Part II | $8,923,641 | $5,561,854 | 62.3% | $3,361,787 | 37.7% | 1,602 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Ruthless People | $7,020,107 | $4,521,331 | 64.4% | $2,498,776 | 35.6% | 1,114 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Top Gun | $6,684,234 | $4,048,254 | 60.6% | $2,635,980 | 39.4% | 1,384 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Back to School | $6,628,546 | $4,251,177 | 64.1% | $2,377,369 | 35.9% | 1,647 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | About Last Night | $5,197,309 | $3,408,703 | 65.6% | $1,788,606 | 34.4% | 851 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $4,545,326 | $2,721,791 | 59.9% | $1,823,535 | 40.1% | 1,216 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Legal Eagles | $4,126,010 | $2,715,750 | 65.8% | $1,410,260 | 34.2% | 1,065 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Running Scared | $4,113,873 | $2,681,056 | 65.2% | $1,432,817 | 34.8% | 1,189 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | The Great Mouse Detective | $3,674,622 | $2,174,597 | 59.2% | $1,500,025 | 40.8% | 1,165 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Club Paradise | $3,604,498 | $2,301,600 | 63.8% | $1,302,898 | 36.2% | 1,186 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Vamp | $3,070,369 | $2,187,458 | 71.2% | $882,911 | 28.8% | 1,104 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Psycho III | $1,557,030 | $1,048,800 | 67.4% | $508,230 | 32.6% | 760 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Pirates | $1,502,349 | $1,035,447 | 68.9% | $466,902 | 31.1% | 1,108 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Under the Cherry Moon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Bostonians | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Almi Pictures | - | false |
| - | Big Trouble in Little China | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Labyrinth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
