| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Stand by Me | $6,360,382 | - | - | - | - | 801 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Top Gun | $6,030,182 | - | - | - | - | 1,289 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Fly | $5,556,435 | - | - | - | - | 1,171 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Aliens | $4,391,808 | - | - | - | - | 1,249 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | $4,262,059 | - | - | - | - | 1,542 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Nothing in Common | $4,026,268 | - | - | - | - | 951 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Extremities | $3,307,417 | - | - | - | - | 696 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 8 | Ruthless People | $3,250,049 | - | - | - | - | 958 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Born American | $2,622,955 | - | - | - | - | 1,071 | 1 | Palisades Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | $2,272,542 | - | - | - | - | 1,302 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 11 | Armed and Dangerous | $2,183,898 | - | - | - | - | 1,123 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Back to School | $2,067,992 | - | - | - | - | 804 | 12 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Bullies | $1,867,365 | - | - | - | - | 1,005 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | About Last Night | $1,767,382 | - | - | - | - | 732 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,570,871 | - | - | - | - | 598 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Flight of the Navigator | $1,327,926 | - | - | - | - | 901 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | One Crazy Summer | $989,204 | - | - | - | - | 561 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Shanghai Surprise | $871,508 | - | - | - | - | 401 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 19 | The Transformers: The Movie | $414,557 | - | - | - | - | 613 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 20 | Howard the Duck | $325,950 | - | - | - | - | 265 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Heartburn | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Night of the Creeps | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Manhunter | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
