| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $16,673,295 | - | 1,966 | - | $8,480 | $16,673,295 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $16,386,295 | -35.3% | 1,687 | - | $9,713 | $68,124,122 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Natural | $3,424,331 | - | 1,012 | - | $3,383 | $26,337,412 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Breakin' | $2,541,180 | - | 1,068 | - | $2,379 | $26,439,538 | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | - | Streets of Fire | $2,426,500 | - | 1,150 | - | $2,110 | $2,426,500 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Once Upon a Time in America | $2,412,014 | - | 894 | - | $2,698 | $2,412,014 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | - | Romancing the Stone | $2,262,713 | - | 1,056 | - | $2,142 | $57,271,191 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Police Academy | $1,723,418 | - | 1,068 | - | $1,613 | $71,877,171 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | Sixteen Candles | $1,291,472 | - | 728 | - | $1,774 | $17,050,472 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Footloose | $1,066,786 | - | 702 | - | $1,519 | $73,450,748 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Splash | $972,669 | - | 771 | - | $1,261 | $62,145,046 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Firestarter | $918,624 | - | 672 | - | $1,367 | $14,034,624 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | This Is Spinal Tap | $140,096 | - | 139 | - | $1,007 | $4,070,686 | 14 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
