| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Easy Money | $5,844,974 | - | 1,130 | - | $5,172 | $5,844,974 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 3 | Risky Business | $5,252,090 | +14.7% | 891 | +198 | $5,894 | $20,322,398 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 13 | Mr. Mom | $4,279,384 | +220% | 734 | +473 | $5,830 | $11,199,896 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Vacation | $4,028,780 | -34.6% | 1,252 | -1 | $3,217 | $38,365,442 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Cujo | $3,592,620 | -41.2% | 1,293 | +54 | $2,778 | $12,693,430 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $3,033,669 | -19.3% | 1,284 | -231 | $2,362 | $222,489,243 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Yor: The Hunter from the Future | $2,810,199 | - | 1,425 | - | $1,972 | $2,810,199 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | $2,019,000 | - | 549 | - | $3,677 | $2,019,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Trading Places | $1,877,435 | -21.1% | 785 | -95 | $2,391 | $75,420,736 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Staying Alive | $1,836,786 | -26.9% | 818 | -180 | $2,245 | $53,455,638 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 14 | Flashdance | $1,516,078 | +14.2% | 658 | +68 | $2,304 | $76,021,471 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | WarGames | $1,400,185 | -20.2% | 816 | -26 | $1,715 | $63,702,257 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | Getting It On | $975,414 | - | 350 | - | $2,786 | $975,414 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 14 | - | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | $15,477 | - | 1 | - | $15,477 | $15,477 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
