| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $8,657,425 | $6,392,661 | 73.8% | $2,264,764 | 26.2% | 1,485 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color of Money | $5,763,820 | $4,400,608 | 76.4% | $1,363,212 | 23.6% | 1,205 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Soul Man | $4,548,409 | $3,475,407 | 76.4% | $1,073,002 | 23.6% | 1,267 | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,810,983 | $3,285,983 | 86.2% | $525,000 | 13.8% | 1,106 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Something Wild | $2,548,939 | $1,825,717 | 71.6% | $723,222 | 28.4% | 914 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Tai-Pan | $2,486,393 | $1,863,469 | 75% | $622,924 | 25% | 860 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 7 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,485,603 | $1,852,209 | 74.5% | $633,394 | 25.5% | 947 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | 52 Pick-Up | $2,258,555 | $1,654,835 | 73.3% | $603,720 | 26.7% | 730 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 9 | Children of a Lesser God | $2,161,694 | $1,581,397 | 73.2% | $580,297 | 26.8% | 544 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Stand by Me | $1,995,983 | $1,444,875 | 72.4% | $551,108 | 27.6% | 785 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Top Gun | $1,737,651 | $1,258,282 | 72.4% | $479,369 | 27.6% | 864 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Tough Guys | $1,386,851 | $1,029,004 | 74.2% | $357,847 | 25.8% | 918 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Quiet Cool | $925,812 | $815,812 | 88.1% | $110,000 | 11.9% | 470 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 14 | The Name of the Rose | $693,205 | $502,316 | 72.5% | $190,889 | 27.5% | 147 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Blue Velvet | $446,506 | $296,631 | 66.4% | $149,875 | 33.6% | 169 | 8 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 16 | Nobody's Fool | $290,870 | $258,100 | 88.7% | $32,770 | 11.3% | 290 | 1 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Mission | $68,555 | $44,049 | 64.2% | $24,506 | 35.8% | 1 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 18 | Betty Blue | $48,972 | $29,383 | 60% | $19,589 | 40% | 2 | 1 | Alive Films | - | false |
| 19 | Marlene | $21,262 | $14,490 | 68.2% | $6,772 | 31.8% | 1 | 1 | Alive Films | - | false |
| - | Trick or Treat | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| - | Sky Bandits | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
| - | From Beyond | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
