| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $15,093,905 | +11.2% | 1,479 | +140 | $10,205 | $38,261,242 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Police Academy | $1,415,821 | +30.1% | 950 | +139 | $1,490 | $75,544,030 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Sixteen Candles | $668,170 | -12.6% | 622 | +97 | $1,074 | $19,437,170 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Romancing the Stone | $1,688,123 | +7.7% | 910 | +25 | $1,855 | $62,258,588 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 13 | Footloose | $743,987 | -0.7% | 585 | +19 | $1,271 | $75,846,770 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Natural | $2,502,952 | +0.8% | 992 | +10 | $2,523 | $33,645,465 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gremlins | $13,949,228 | +11.5% | 1,511 | - | $9,231 | $34,807,149 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $9,116,347 | -24.1% | 1,685 | - | $5,410 | $103,487,041 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Breakin' | $1,106,545 | -11.4% | 853 | -21 | $1,297 | $30,388,380 | 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Beat Street | $2,916,763 | -44.1% | 1,336 | -44 | $2,183 | $9,871,394 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $6,637,657 | -31% | 1,907 | -59 | $3,480 | $45,916,414 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Streets of Fire | $632,150 | -47.4% | 470 | -585 | $1,345 | $5,595,150 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Under the Volcano | $31,000 | - | 1 | - | $31,000 | $31,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
