| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $33,936,113 | - | 1,687 | - | $20,116 | $42,267,345 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Natural | $6,920,974 | - | 989 | - | $6,997 | $21,533,597 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Breakin' | $4,128,428 | - | 1,117 | - | $3,695 | $23,112,266 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 4 | - | Romancing the Stone | $4,051,420 | - | 1,110 | - | $3,649 | $54,178,695 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | - | Sixteen Candles | $2,891,806 | - | 974 | - | $2,969 | $15,500,647 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Police Academy | $2,811,971 | - | 1,203 | - | $2,337 | $69,553,781 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | - | Firestarter | $2,406,537 | - | 1,071 | - | $2,247 | $12,832,976 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Splash | $2,151,832 | - | 1,073 | - | $2,005 | $61,088,869 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Footloose | $1,924,094 | - | 912 | - | $2,109 | $71,963,803 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $1,456,940 | - | 742 | - | $1,963 | $41,485,564 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | - | Moscow on the Hudson | $1,322,570 | - | 546 | - | $2,422 | $23,362,599 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Alphabet City | $1,255,954 | - | 313 | - | $4,012 | - | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 13 | - | Making the Grade | $1,242,648 | - | 916 | - | $1,356 | $3,571,620 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 14 | - | The Bounty | $855,013 | - | 371 | - | $2,304 | $8,026,082 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | This Is Spinal Tap | $397,803 | - | 201 | - | $1,979 | $3,828,016 | - | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
