| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Teachers | $7,013,366 | - | 1,721 | - | $4,075 | $7,013,366 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 2 | - | All of Me | $4,510,200 | - | 1,200 | - | $3,758 | $18,625,036 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | - | Places in the Heart | $4,128,711 | - | 691 | - | $5,974 | $4,868,667 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Irreconcilable Differences | $2,701,185 | - | 902 | - | $2,994 | $6,536,078 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | - | The Wild Life | $2,281,525 | - | 1,142 | - | $1,997 | $7,093,446 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Ghostbusters | $2,262,648 | - | 1,183 | - | $1,912 | $206,954,779 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | A Soldier's Story | $2,028,935 | - | 217 | - | $9,349 | $3,113,181 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | The Evil That Men Do | $1,940,520 | - | 1,030 | - | $1,884 | $11,398,411 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Purple Rain | $1,576,507 | - | 798 | - | $1,975 | $60,140,797 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | - | The Karate Kid | $1,407,105 | - | 948 | - | $1,484 | $81,911,436 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | Gremlins | $946,260 | - | 628 | - | $1,506 | $144,373,709 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | - | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $929,524 | - | 400 | - | $2,323 | $173,511,145 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Tightrope | $804,195 | - | 665 | - | $1,209 | $46,598,962 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | - | Amadeus | $781,958 | - | 66 | - | $11,847 | $2,541,918 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | - | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $392,334 | - | 90 | - | $4,359 | $3,290,577 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | - | Country | $163,818 | - | 15 | - | $10,921 | $211,000 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
