| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Aliens | $11,277,970 | $7,060,101 | 62.6% | $4,217,869 | 37.4% | 1,454 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Howard the Duck | $8,057,367 | $5,070,136 | 62.9% | $2,987,231 | 37.1% | 1,554 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $6,729,606 | $4,168,492 | 61.9% | $2,561,114 | 38.1% | 1,601 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Nothing in Common | $5,930,850 | $3,279,650 | 55.3% | $2,651,200 | 44.7% | 618 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Top Gun | $5,836,523 | $3,472,515 | 59.5% | $2,364,008 | 40.5% | 1,312 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Ruthless People | $5,357,090 | $3,476,646 | 64.9% | $1,880,444 | 35.1% | 1,032 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Heartburn | $5,171,422 | $3,508,012 | 67.8% | $1,663,410 | 32.2% | 846 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Flight of the Navigator | $5,033,278 | $3,115,097 | 61.9% | $1,918,181 | 38.1% | 952 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Back to School | $4,034,783 | $2,533,257 | 62.8% | $1,501,526 | 37.2% | 1,221 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | About Last Night | $3,123,420 | $1,969,420 | 63% | $1,154,000 | 37% | 810 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $3,118,405 | $1,829,255 | 58.7% | $1,289,150 | 41.3% | 955 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Maximum Overdrive | $2,137,361 | $1,420,177 | 66.4% | $717,184 | 33.6% | 1,127 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | Running Scared | $1,992,767 | $1,259,031 | 63.2% | $733,736 | 36.8% | 710 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Haunted Honeymoon | $1,945,275 | $1,330,073 | 68.4% | $615,202 | 31.6% | 1,047 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Legal Eagles | $1,691,754 | $1,041,205 | 61.6% | $650,549 | 38.4% | 605 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | - | $6,750,837 | - | - | - | 1,610 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Out of Bounds | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Club Paradise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Vamp | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Great Mouse Detective | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
