| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Natural | $5,088,381 | - | 989 | - | $5,144 | $5,088,381 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Breakin' | $4,911,541 | -18.8% | 1,121 | +52 | $4,381 | $12,584,873 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 3 | - | Firestarter | $4,726,660 | - | 1,356 | - | $3,485 | $4,726,660 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Sixteen Candles | $3,199,650 | -28.3% | 1,245 | +5 | $2,570 | $8,474,650 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Romancing the Stone | $3,034,528 | -24.4% | 1,024 | -20 | $2,963 | $44,312,676 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Police Academy | $2,546,224 | -28.1% | 1,318 | -134 | $1,931 | $62,138,642 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Hardbodies | $1,840,580 | -31.4% | 1,594 | +56 | $1,154 | $5,257,965 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Bounty | $1,555,407 | -40.7% | 860 | -126 | $1,808 | $5,807,921 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $1,441,270 | -32.1% | 838 | -101 | $1,719 | $37,567,798 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Splash | $1,219,328 | -35.3% | 723 | -171 | $1,686 | $56,849,593 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Footloose | $1,218,894 | -27.6% | 876 | -46 | $1,391 | $67,834,529 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Moscow on the Hudson | $1,205,461 | -31.5% | 635 | -4 | $1,898 | $20,024,586 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
