| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Flashdance | $4,095,000 | +0.2% | 1,140 | - | $3,592 | $15,352,325 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $2,423,555 | - | 817 | - | $2,966 | $2,423,555 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Tootsie | $1,951,612 | -24.9% | 865 | -111 | $2,256 | $161,414,932 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Valley Girl | $1,856,780 | - | 442 | - | $4,200 | $1,856,780 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 5 | - | The Hunger | $1,832,898 | - | 775 | - | $2,365 | $1,832,898 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $1,542,618 | -47.2% | 884 | -329 | $1,745 | $11,077,091 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Gandhi | $1,303,096 | -37.2% | 579 | -168 | $2,250 | $47,418,460 | 21 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Meaning of Life | $1,286,609 | -34.9% | 541 | -13 | $2,378 | $12,139,329 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Outsiders | $1,106,552 | -32.8% | 706 | -97 | $1,567 | $22,560,214 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,013,283 | -34.7% | 546 | -97 | $1,855 | $15,829,096 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Spring Break | $929,787 | -26.4% | 683 | -225 | $1,361 | $23,512,198 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $852,950 | -28.7% | 535 | -155 | $1,594 | $347,043,083 | 47 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 6 | My Tutor | $734,621 | -62.3% | 475 | -25 | $1,546 | $8,645,974 | 9 | Crown | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Local Hero | $618,203 | -12.8% | 190 | +11 | $3,253 | $3,033,907 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Tender Mercies | $117,238 | -20.3% | 37 | - | $3,168 | $534,934 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
