| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | $7,087,090 | $5,521,551 | 77.9% | $1,565,539 | 22.1% | 1,485 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color of Money | $3,892,932 | $3,107,994 | 79.8% | $784,938 | 20.2% | 1,205 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Soul Man | $3,427,379 | $2,827,444 | 82.5% | $599,935 | 17.5% | 1,278 | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $2,928,787 | $2,628,787 | 89.8% | $300,000 | 10.2% | 1,104 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Something Wild | $1,874,495 | $1,416,522 | 75.6% | $457,973 | 24.4% | 916 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,864,173 | $1,465,238 | 78.6% | $398,935 | 21.4% | 975 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Children of a Lesser God | $1,710,279 | $1,331,594 | 77.9% | $378,685 | 22.1% | 544 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Streets of Gold | $1,657,741 | $1,279,498 | 77.2% | $378,243 | 22.8% | 797 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Top Gun | $1,520,256 | $1,190,871 | 78.3% | $329,385 | 21.7% | 920 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | 52 Pick-Up | $1,512,680 | $1,162,767 | 76.9% | $349,913 | 23.1% | 728 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 11 | Stand by Me | $1,410,309 | $1,316,136 | 93.3% | $94,173 | 6.7% | 815 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Tai-Pan | $1,115,666 | $832,049 | 74.6% | $283,617 | 25.4% | 842 | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 13 | Tough Guys | $992,127 | $767,086 | 77.3% | $225,041 | 22.7% | 872 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Name of the Rose | $504,384 | $382,680 | 75.9% | $121,704 | 24.1% | 152 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Blue Velvet | $363,382 | $252,793 | 69.6% | $110,589 | 30.4% | 183 | 9 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 16 | The Mission | $360,155 | $260,673 | 72.4% | $99,482 | 27.6% | 10 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Hoosiers | $291,065 | $220,068 | 75.6% | $70,997 | 24.4% | 30 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Willy/Milly | $235,262 | $214,000 | 91% | $21,262 | 9% | 182 | 1 | Palisades Pictures | - | false |
| - | 'Round Midnight | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Quiet Cool | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Nobody's Fool | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Island Pictures | - | false |
| - | Every Time We Say Goodbye | - | $118,200 | - | - | - | - | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
