| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Top Gun | $4,214,551 | $3,292,817 | 78.1% | $921,734 | 21.9% | 1,357 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Stand by Me | $3,858,417 | $3,029,008 | 78.5% | $829,409 | 21.5% | 829 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Karate Kid Part II | $2,164,592 | $1,806,938 | 83.5% | $357,654 | 16.5% | 1,356 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Fly | $2,060,961 | $1,578,462 | 76.6% | $482,499 | 23.4% | 1,052 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Aliens | $1,938,537 | $1,461,468 | 75.4% | $477,069 | 24.6% | 1,040 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Ruthless People | $1,874,593 | $1,431,551 | 76.4% | $443,042 | 23.6% | 1,010 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Nothing in Common | $1,817,223 | $1,517,223 | 83.5% | $300,000 | 16.5% | 967 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Back to School | $1,593,840 | $1,227,879 | 77% | $365,961 | 23% | 963 | 15 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $1,492,311 | $1,075,000 | 72% | $417,311 | 28% | 710 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Men's Club | $1,439,825 | $1,146,992 | 79.7% | $292,833 | 20.3% | 532 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 11 | Blue Velvet | $1,125,493 | $789,409 | 70.1% | $336,084 | 29.9% | 98 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 12 | Extremities | $1,057,696 | $819,260 | 77.5% | $238,436 | 22.5% | 598 | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 13 | About Last Night | $975,030 | $815,030 | 83.6% | $160,000 | 16.4% | 745 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $606,542 | $470,113 | 77.5% | $136,429 | 22.5% | 350 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Radioactive Dreams | $186,007 | $141,055 | 75.8% | $44,952 | 24.2% | 90 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | Mona Lisa | - | - | - | - | - | 162 | 15 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Boy Who Could Fly | - | $115,077 | - | - | - | 70 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Armed and Dangerous | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Avenging Force | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
