| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $7,877,424 | $5,716,215 | 72.6% | $2,161,209 | 27.4% | 1,495 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color of Money | $7,091,561 | $5,292,685 | 74.6% | $1,798,876 | 25.4% | 1,183 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Soul Man | $4,610,648 | $3,524,711 | 76.4% | $1,085,937 | 23.6% | 1,285 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $4,135,536 | $3,335,536 | 80.7% | $800,000 | 19.3% | 1,107 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,719,098 | $2,018,923 | 74.2% | $700,175 | 25.8% | 1,010 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,192,686 | $1,571,939 | 71.7% | $620,747 | 28.3% | 544 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Trick or Treat | $2,047,087 | $1,629,898 | 79.6% | $417,189 | 20.4% | 1,262 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 8 | Sky Bandits | $1,818,500 | $1,468,500 | 80.8% | $350,000 | 19.2% | 1,335 | 1 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Top Gun | $1,618,658 | $1,158,343 | 71.6% | $460,315 | 28.4% | 964 | 25 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Tough Guys | $1,610,061 | $1,160,827 | 72.1% | $449,234 | 27.9% | 1,011 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Stand by Me | $1,519,581 | $1,135,510 | 74.7% | $384,071 | 25.3% | 804 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Name of the Rose | $787,833 | $553,121 | 70.2% | $234,712 | 29.8% | 176 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Blue Velvet | $540,417 | $360,162 | 66.6% | $180,255 | 33.4% | 188 | 7 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 14 | From Beyond | $410,890 | $287,623 | 70% | $123,267 | 30% | 119 | 2 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Mission | $72,570 | $40,366 | 55.6% | $32,204 | 44.4% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Deadly Friend | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Shanghai Surprise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Clockwise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
