| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $4,031,789 | $3,004,108 | 74.5% | $1,027,681 | 25.5% | 1,327 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Stand by Me | $3,912,142 | $3,010,922 | 77% | $901,220 | 23% | 828 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Fly | $2,527,795 | $1,905,248 | 75.4% | $622,547 | 24.6% | 1,100 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Karate Kid Part II | $2,322,417 | $1,883,248 | 81.1% | $439,169 | 18.9% | 1,430 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Aliens | $2,206,426 | $1,636,417 | 74.2% | $570,009 | 25.8% | 1,063 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Ruthless People | $1,986,326 | $1,504,134 | 75.7% | $482,192 | 24.3% | 1,012 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Nothing in Common | $1,900,857 | $1,570,832 | 82.6% | $330,025 | 17.4% | 976 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Back to School | $1,600,440 | $1,200,021 | 75% | $400,419 | 25% | 988 | 14 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,504,050 | $1,179,337 | 78.4% | $324,713 | 21.6% | 950 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Avenging Force | $1,448,621 | $1,131,502 | 78.1% | $317,119 | 21.9% | 500 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 11 | Extremities | $1,361,828 | $1,027,404 | 75.4% | $334,424 | 24.6% | 604 | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 12 | About Last Night | $1,286,979 | $921,978 | 71.6% | $365,001 | 28.4% | 782 | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Armed and Dangerous | $900,237 | $732,610 | 81.4% | $167,627 | 18.6% | 816 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | 'night, Mother | $74,541 | $49,164 | 66% | $25,377 | 34% | 3 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Shanghai Surprise | $47,199 | $32,546 | 69% | $14,653 | 31% | 40 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Touch and Go | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Transformers: The Movie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
