| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Golden Child | $15,364,969 | $11,549,711 | 75.2% | $3,815,258 | 24.8% | 1,667 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Three Amigos! | $7,606,245 | $5,939,000 | 78.1% | $1,667,245 | 21.9% | 1,385 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | $7,050,556 | $5,062,450 | 71.8% | $1,988,106 | 28.2% | 1,349 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Heartbreak Ridge | $6,420,276 | $4,721,454 | 73.5% | $1,698,822 | 26.5% | 1,470 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | An American Tail | $3,301,175 | $2,613,420 | 79.2% | $687,755 | 20.8% | 1,196 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Crocodile Dundee | $3,159,274 | $2,273,536 | 72% | $885,738 | 28% | 1,435 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Crimes of the Heart | $1,974,880 | $1,402,921 | 71% | $571,959 | 29% | 246 | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - | false |
| 8 | Song of the South 1986 Re-release | $1,014,133 | $1,014,133 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,207 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Color of Money | $898,357 | $694,431 | 77.3% | $203,926 | 22.7% | 906 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $820,264 | $820,264 | 100% | $0 | - | 862 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Stand by Me | $662,006 | $500,692 | 75.6% | $161,314 | 24.4% | 683 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Soul Man | $625,870 | $467,328 | 74.7% | $158,542 | 25.3% | 872 | 8 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Mosquito Coast | $81,738 | $51,596 | 63.1% | $30,142 | 36.9% | 3 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Solarbabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Firewalker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Top Gun | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
