| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $4,333,881 | $3,285,555 | 75.8% | $1,048,326 | 24.2% | 1,287 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Stand by Me | $4,151,644 | $3,426,615 | 82.5% | $725,029 | 17.5% | 804 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Fly | $3,322,363 | $2,501,186 | 75.3% | $821,177 | 24.7% | 1,162 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Aliens | $2,854,313 | $2,114,578 | 74.1% | $739,735 | 25.9% | 1,165 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | The Karate Kid Part II | $2,729,540 | $2,285,141 | 83.7% | $444,399 | 16.3% | 1,512 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Nothing in Common | $2,486,128 | $2,081,128 | 83.7% | $405,000 | 16.3% | 980 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Ruthless People | $2,380,393 | $1,819,111 | 76.4% | $561,282 | 23.6% | 1,021 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Extremities | $2,113,051 | $1,601,397 | 75.8% | $511,654 | 24.2% | 687 | 3 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 9 | Back to School | $1,785,944 | $1,352,633 | 75.7% | $433,311 | 24.3% | 950 | 13 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | About Last Night | $1,479,640 | $1,168,640 | 79% | $311,000 | 21% | 830 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,383,182 | $1,087,720 | 78.6% | $295,462 | 21.4% | 777 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Armed and Dangerous | $1,254,732 | $986,465 | 78.6% | $268,267 | 21.4% | 904 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Shanghai Surprise | $319,294 | $238,554 | 74.7% | $80,740 | 25.3% | 353 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | The Transformers: The Movie | $128,254 | $128,254 | 100% | $0 | - | 395 | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | Touch and Go | - | - | - | - | - | 201 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 31 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Howard the Duck | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | The Brother from Another Planet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bullies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Born American | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Palisades Pictures | - | false |
| - | One Crazy Summer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Flight of the Navigator | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
