| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ghostbusters | $13,578,151 | - | 1,339 | - | $10,140 | $13,578,151 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Gremlins | $12,511,634 | - | 1,511 | - | $8,280 | $12,511,634 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $12,016,144 | -26.7% | 1,685 | -2 | $7,131 | $88,772,018 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $9,622,080 | -42.3% | 1,966 | - | $4,894 | $34,851,993 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Beat Street | $5,218,040 | - | 1,380 | - | $3,781 | $5,218,040 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Natural | $2,482,504 | -27.5% | 982 | -30 | $2,528 | $30,162,643 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Romancing the Stone | $1,567,492 | -30.7% | 885 | -171 | $1,771 | $59,850,799 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Breakin' | $1,248,844 | -50.9% | 874 | -194 | $1,428 | $28,727,214 | 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Streets of Fire | $1,202,700 | -50.4% | 1,055 | -95 | $1,140 | $4,540,700 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Police Academy | $1,088,344 | -36.8% | 811 | -257 | $1,341 | $73,660,152 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Once Upon a Time in America | $1,006,953 | -58.3% | 802 | -92 | $1,255 | $4,095,832 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Sixteen Candles | $764,925 | -40.8% | 525 | -203 | $1,457 | $18,392,925 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Footloose | $748,909 | -29.8% | 566 | -136 | $1,323 | $74,688,368 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
