| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 13 | 13 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $158,486 | -33.9% | 94 | -17 | $1,686 | $244,583,982 | 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | The Right Stuff | $368,225 | -46% | 184 | -51 | $2,001 | $11,922,987 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Educating Rita | $396,723 | -47.4% | 395 | -10 | $1,004 | $9,337,554 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | All the Right Moves | $440,202 | -53% | 699 | -191 | $629 | $16,936,478 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $631,140 | -38.2% | 207 | -36 | $3,048 | $5,330,983 | 10 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Never Say Never Again | $666,311 | -49.8% | 718 | -226 | $928 | $51,284,244 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The Big Chill | $1,102,466 | -45.9% | 793 | -39 | $1,390 | $40,118,255 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | A Christmas Story | $1,773,767 | -33.3% | 854 | -70 | $2,077 | $12,800,362 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $4,245,520 | +35.8% | 945 | +685 | $4,492 | $14,295,349 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 1 | - | Sudden Impact | $9,688,561 | - | 1,530 | - | $6,332 | $9,688,561 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | - | Scarface | $4,597,536 | - | 996 | - | $4,616 | $4,597,536 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Christine | $3,408,904 | - | 1,045 | - | $3,262 | $3,408,904 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Yentl | $3,050,219 | - | 501 | - | $6,088 | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
