| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Aliens | $13,821,042 | $8,640,292 | 62.5% | $5,180,750 | 37.5% | 1,454 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Heartburn | $8,435,739 | $5,783,079 | 68.6% | $2,652,660 | 31.4% | 843 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $8,205,239 | $4,965,149 | 60.5% | $3,240,090 | 39.5% | 1,610 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Ruthless People | $6,969,084 | $4,585,374 | 65.8% | $2,383,710 | 34.2% | 1,114 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Top Gun | $6,301,922 | $3,817,026 | 60.6% | $2,484,896 | 39.4% | 1,351 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Back to School | $5,719,945 | $3,597,674 | 62.9% | $2,122,271 | 37.1% | 1,434 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Maximum Overdrive | $4,613,730 | $3,205,644 | 69.5% | $1,408,086 | 30.5% | 1,198 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 8 | Haunted Honeymoon | $4,141,879 | $2,768,003 | 66.8% | $1,373,876 | 33.2% | 1,046 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $4,060,763 | $2,412,136 | 59.4% | $1,648,627 | 40.6% | 1,114 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | About Last Night | $3,837,068 | $2,526,068 | 65.8% | $1,311,000 | 34.2% | 863 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Out of Bounds | $3,230,436 | $2,144,764 | 66.4% | $1,085,672 | 33.6% | 1,207 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Running Scared | $3,183,186 | $2,127,685 | 66.8% | $1,055,501 | 33.2% | 961 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | The Great Mouse Detective | $3,010,904 | $1,806,521 | 60% | $1,204,383 | 40% | 1,086 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Legal Eagles | $2,894,920 | $1,867,445 | 64.5% | $1,027,475 | 35.5% | 911 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Club Paradise | $1,636,510 | $1,039,849 | 63.5% | $596,661 | 36.5% | 818 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Vamp | $1,496,788 | $1,024,141 | 68.4% | $472,647 | 31.6% | 816 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Psycho III | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pirates | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
