| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $8,858,191 | $6,745,249 | 76.2% | $2,112,942 | 23.8% | 1,495 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color of Money | $7,010,570 | $5,256,823 | 75% | $1,753,747 | 25% | 817 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Soul Man | $5,579,380 | $4,422,179 | 79.3% | $1,157,201 | 20.7% | 1,282 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $5,040,418 | $4,169,418 | 82.7% | $871,000 | 17.3% | 1,105 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $3,702,663 | $2,908,130 | 78.5% | $794,533 | 21.5% | 1,078 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Trick or Treat | $3,692,307 | $2,912,687 | 78.9% | $779,620 | 21.1% | 1,267 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 7 | Tough Guys | $2,413,547 | $1,845,826 | 76.5% | $567,721 | 23.5% | 1,216 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,407,459 | $1,810,811 | 75.2% | $596,648 | 24.8% | 480 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Top Gun | $2,030,050 | $1,576,139 | 77.6% | $453,911 | 22.4% | 1,168 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Stand by Me | $1,734,661 | $1,356,734 | 78.2% | $377,927 | 21.8% | 833 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Deadly Friend | $1,092,123 | $854,424 | 78.2% | $237,699 | 21.8% | 952 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Name of the Rose | $961,036 | $710,869 | 74% | $250,167 | 26% | 151 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | From Beyond | $659,163 | $514,417 | 78% | $144,746 | 22% | 190 | 1 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Blue Velvet | $519,956 | $357,699 | 68.8% | $162,257 | 31.2% | 160 | 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 15 | Clockwise | $148,758 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Shanghai Surprise | $20,422 | $20,422 | 100% | $0 | - | 106 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Karate Kid Part II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ruthless People | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | That's Life! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
