| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 13 | 14 | This Is Spinal Tap | $470,293 | +99.4% | 206 | +144 | $2,282 | $1,788,814 | 9 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Footloose | $2,257,778 | -7.6% | 1,110 | +65 | $2,034 | $63,767,719 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Champions | $82,229 | +51.5% | 55 | +16 | $1,495 | $174,445 | 2 | AVCO Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Romancing the Stone | $4,673,725 | -17.8% | 1,086 | +14 | $4,303 | $34,659,289 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Moscow on the Hudson | $2,474,838 | -28.8% | 721 | +10 | $3,432 | $15,930,947 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 1 | 1 | Police Academy | $4,733,389 | -22.4% | 1,587 | - | $2,982 | $53,531,977 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $3,351,346 | -27.8% | 1,162 | -13 | $2,884 | $32,403,301 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Splash | $2,854,681 | -24.2% | 1,153 | -33 | $2,475 | $52,346,523 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Iceman | $1,187,200 | -35.3% | 560 | -111 | $2,120 | $6,394,200 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Swing Shift | $1,096,274 | -39.8% | 656 | -158 | $1,671 | $6,650,206 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $3,010,727 | -47.7% | 1,418 | -182 | $2,123 | $25,630,170 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Terms of Endearment | $1,139,684 | -29.4% | 655 | -195 | $1,739 | $102,348,450 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Children of the Corn | $1,538,087 | - | 582 | - | $2,642 | - | 8 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Weekend Pass | $1,028,205 | - | 313 | - | $3,285 | - | 13 | Crown | false | false |
| 14 | - | Purple Hearts | $104,263 | - | 29 | - | $3,595 | $104,263 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
