| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $12,954,293 | - | - | - | - | 1,378 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $8,100,077 | - | - | - | - | 865 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $7,228,190 | - | - | - | - | 1,080 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Deadly Friend | $4,416,794 | - | - | - | - | 1,213 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Tough Guys | $4,087,276 | - | - | - | - | 957 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Top Gun | $3,237,277 | - | - | - | - | 1,357 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Stand by Me | $2,376,005 | - | - | - | - | 843 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,374,119 | - | - | - | - | 241 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Karate Kid Part II | $1,040,148 | - | - | - | - | 922 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Blue Velvet | $729,122 | - | - | - | - | 147 | 4 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 11 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $706,046 | - | - | - | - | 601 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Name of the Rose | $406,324 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Clockwise | $194,030 | $156,066 | 80.4% | $37,964 | 19.6% | 22 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $6,827 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | That's Life! | - | - | - | - | - | 700 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | 'night, Mother | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Fly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Back to School | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Comfort and Joy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Aliens | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Link | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Playing for Keeps | - | $552,330 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
