| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Footloose | $8,556,935 | - | 1,384 | - | $6,182 | $8,556,935 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Lassiter | $5,027,583 | - | 945 | - | $5,320 | $5,027,583 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | - | Terms of Endearment | $4,492,865 | - | 1,259 | - | $3,568 | $77,951,723 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Blame It on Rio | $3,437,660 | - | 1,201 | - | $2,862 | $3,437,660 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | - | Unfaithfully Yours | $3,007,508 | - | 831 | - | $3,619 | $7,910,385 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | - | Broadway Danny Rose | $2,083,455 | - | 613 | - | $3,398 | $5,481,362 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Silkwood | $1,740,167 | - | 791 | - | $2,199 | $30,022,652 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | - | Never Cry Wolf | $1,695,542 | - | 540 | - | $3,139 | $20,900,687 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Angel | $1,642,567 | - | 498 | - | $3,298 | $10,486,653 | - | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | The Right Stuff | $1,608,243 | - | 627 | - | $2,564 | $17,413,836 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | - | Scarface | $988,824 | - | 336 | - | $2,942 | $38,502,378 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Yentl | $945,257 | - | 516 | - | $1,831 | $35,637,439 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $104,768 | - | 70 | - | $1,496 | $252,120,895 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | - | Crackers | $58,689 | - | 21 | - | $2,794 | $58,689 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
