| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aliens | $11,277,970 | -18.4% | 1,454 | - | $7,756 | $41,532,815 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Howard the Duck | $8,057,367 | - | 1,554 | - | $5,184 | $8,057,367 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $6,729,606 | -18% | 1,601 | -9 | $4,203 | $79,384,594 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Nothing in Common | $5,930,850 | - | 618 | - | $9,596 | $5,930,850 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 5 | Top Gun | $5,836,523 | -7.4% | 1,312 | -39 | $4,448 | $110,123,361 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Ruthless People | $5,357,090 | -23.1% | 1,032 | -82 | $5,190 | $44,640,645 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Heartburn | $5,171,422 | -38.7% | 846 | +3 | $6,112 | $13,607,161 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Flight of the Navigator | $5,033,278 | - | 952 | - | $5,287 | $5,033,278 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Back to School | $4,034,783 | -29.5% | 1,221 | -213 | $3,304 | $70,903,118 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | About Last Night | $3,123,420 | -18.6% | 810 | -53 | $3,856 | $23,990,276 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $3,118,405 | -23.2% | 955 | -159 | $3,265 | $52,910,500 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Maximum Overdrive | $2,137,361 | -53.7% | 1,127 | -71 | $1,896 | $6,751,091 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Running Scared | $1,992,767 | -37.4% | 710 | -251 | $2,806 | $30,279,698 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | Haunted Honeymoon | $1,945,275 | -53% | 1,047 | +1 | $1,857 | $6,087,154 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Legal Eagles | $1,691,754 | -41.6% | 605 | -306 | $2,796 | $42,908,807 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
