| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Fly | $10,955,203 | $7,007,423 | 64% | $3,947,780 | 36% | 1,195 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Aliens | $6,907,708 | $4,303,173 | 62.3% | $2,604,535 | 37.7% | 1,302 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Armed and Dangerous | $6,531,317 | $4,348,276 | 66.6% | $2,183,041 | 33.4% | 1,552 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | $5,428,524 | $3,341,527 | 61.6% | $2,086,997 | 38.4% | 1,570 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Top Gun | $5,318,414 | $3,117,183 | 58.6% | $2,201,231 | 41.4% | 1,216 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Nothing in Common | $4,741,097 | $3,217,097 | 67.9% | $1,524,000 | 32.1% | 843 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Ruthless People | $3,879,165 | $2,458,257 | 63.4% | $1,420,908 | 36.6% | 1,019 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Manhunter | $3,389,485 | $2,204,400 | 65% | $1,185,085 | 35% | 779 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 9 | One Crazy Summer | $3,377,906 | $2,017,201 | 59.7% | $1,360,705 | 40.3% | 984 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Flight of the Navigator | $2,614,860 | $1,534,753 | 58.7% | $1,080,107 | 41.3% | 961 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Heartburn | $2,501,665 | $1,640,901 | 65.6% | $860,764 | 34.4% | 802 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Back to School | $2,487,096 | $1,495,713 | 60.1% | $991,383 | 39.9% | 910 | 10 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | $2,395,524 | $1,633,430 | 68.2% | $762,094 | 31.8% | 1,174 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | About Last Night | $2,376,120 | $1,587,120 | 66.8% | $789,000 | 33.2% | 880 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $2,099,653 | $1,229,605 | 58.6% | $870,048 | 41.4% | 778 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Howard the Duck | $1,686,251 | $1,027,336 | 60.9% | $658,915 | 39.1% | 914 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Transformers: The Movie | $1,514,796 | $925,247 | 61.1% | $589,549 | 38.9% | 990 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 18 | A Fine Mess | $1,114,224 | $1,114,224 | 100% | $0 | - | 748 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Stand by Me | $461,217 | $254,428 | 55.2% | $206,789 | 44.8% | 16 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $344,654 | $204,461 | 59.3% | $140,193 | 40.7% | 39 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Running Scared | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | She's Gotta Have It | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | Legal Eagles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
