| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Fly | $7,126,158 | $4,725,970 | 66.3% | $2,400,188 | 33.7% | 1,201 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Stand by Me | $6,022,475 | $3,812,093 | 63.3% | $2,210,382 | 36.7% | 745 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Top Gun | $5,206,339 | $3,326,355 | 63.9% | $1,879,984 | 36.1% | 1,201 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Aliens | $5,162,196 | $3,371,670 | 65.3% | $1,790,526 | 34.7% | 1,280 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | $4,325,479 | $2,807,701 | 64.9% | $1,517,778 | 35.1% | 1,549 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | $3,973,024 | $2,822,439 | 71% | $1,150,585 | 29% | 1,474 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 7 | Armed and Dangerous | $3,885,195 | $2,606,009 | 67.1% | $1,279,186 | 32.9% | 1,557 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Extremities | $3,884,034 | $2,429,075 | 62.5% | $1,454,959 | 37.5% | 605 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 9 | Nothing in Common | $3,829,832 | $2,575,832 | 67.3% | $1,254,000 | 32.7% | 951 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Ruthless People | $3,192,056 | $2,128,889 | 66.7% | $1,063,167 | 33.3% | 954 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Manhunter | $1,971,392 | $1,281,768 | 65% | $689,624 | 35% | 767 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 12 | Back to School | $1,936,285 | $1,202,918 | 62.1% | $733,367 | 37.9% | 779 | 11 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Flight of the Navigator | $1,834,679 | $1,107,998 | 60.4% | $726,681 | 39.6% | 916 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | One Crazy Summer | $1,826,158 | $1,128,787 | 61.8% | $697,371 | 38.2% | 792 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,814,654 | $1,118,404 | 61.6% | $696,250 | 38.4% | 685 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | About Last Night | $1,799,558 | $1,228,558 | 68.3% | $571,000 | 31.7% | 787 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Heartburn | $1,617,657 | $1,037,182 | 64.1% | $580,475 | 35.9% | 699 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Transformers: The Movie | $831,731 | $505,229 | 60.7% | $326,502 | 39.3% | 846 | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 19 | Howard the Duck | $569,100 | $350,745 | 61.6% | $218,355 | 38.4% | 349 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Night of the Creeps | $303,982 | $220,800 | 72.6% | $83,182 | 27.4% | 70 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Touch and Go | $186,691 | $126,939 | 68% | $59,752 | 32% | 51 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Fine Mess | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
