| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $9,867,742 | $7,434,202 | 75.3% | $2,433,540 | 24.7% | 1,378 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color of Money | $8,485,410 | $6,357,877 | 74.9% | $2,127,533 | 25.1% | 635 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $5,524,802 | $4,303,035 | 77.9% | $1,221,767 | 22.1% | 1,085 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $5,265,201 | $4,209,201 | 79.9% | $1,056,000 | 20.1% | 865 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Tough Guys | $3,063,935 | $2,266,762 | 74% | $797,173 | 26% | 1,266 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,782,539 | $2,038,900 | 73.3% | $743,639 | 26.7% | 480 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Top Gun | $2,472,047 | $1,874,879 | 75.8% | $597,168 | 24.2% | 1,292 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Deadly Friend | $2,352,856 | $1,859,255 | 79% | $493,601 | 21% | 1,207 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Stand by Me | $1,795,806 | $1,392,995 | 77.6% | $402,811 | 22.4% | 844 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | That's Life! | $942,922 | $703,982 | 74.7% | $238,940 | 25.3% | 700 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Karate Kid Part II | $822,403 | $654,008 | 79.5% | $168,395 | 20.5% | 804 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Blue Velvet | $570,547 | $386,542 | 67.8% | $184,005 | 32.2% | 159 | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | The Name of the Rose | $387,406 | $287,757 | 74.3% | $99,649 | 25.7% | 63 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | Shanghai Surprise | $138,958 | $107,217 | 77.2% | $31,741 | 22.8% | 264 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | Clockwise | $131,768 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Sid and Nancy | $75,604 | $50,829 | 67.2% | $24,775 | 32.8% | 2 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 17 | The Gospel According to Vic | $15,117 | $10,680 | 70.6% | $4,437 | 29.4% | 5 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ruthless People | - | $411,990 | - | - | - | 557 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | 'night, Mother | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Boy Who Could Fly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
