| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Splash | $8,783,216 | +4.2% | 861 | +32 | $10,201 | $17,211,706 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Footloose | $6,383,965 | -9.8% | 1,360 | -24 | $4,694 | $39,578,433 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Ice Pirates | $5,520,221 | - | 1,175 | - | $4,698 | $5,520,221 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | - | Tank | $5,124,000 | - | 1,332 | - | $3,846 | $5,124,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Against All Odds | $3,574,003 | -19.2% | 946 | -33 | $3,778 | $12,932,753 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Children of the Corn | $3,066,864 | +17.2% | 653 | +303 | $4,696 | $5,682,690 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Terms of Endearment | $2,216,820 | -15.9% | 831 | -127 | $2,667 | $90,405,217 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Blame It on Rio | $1,702,996 | -34% | 692 | -216 | $2,460 | $16,072,342 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Lassiter | $1,546,986 | -26.6% | 784 | -57 | $1,973 | $16,187,228 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Unfaithfully Yours | $1,454,044 | -30.1% | 630 | -90 | $2,308 | $18,126,779 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Weekend Pass | $1,351,130 | -31.1% | 389 | -33 | $3,473 | $11,474,052 | 7 | Crown | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Hotel New Hampshire | $1,151,423 | -21.3% | 234 | -10 | $4,920 | $2,614,067 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | This Is Spinal Tap | $87,762 | +26.2% | 5 | +1 | $17,552 | $200,439 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
