| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,556,010 | $3,976,778 | 87.3% | $579,232 | 12.7% | 1,337 | 25 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | First Blood | $4,522,983 | $3,657,291 | 80.9% | $865,692 | 19.1% | 1,054 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $4,411,727 | $3,805,813 | 86.3% | $605,914 | 13.7% | 946 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1982 Re-release | $4,315,316 | $3,628,616 | 84.1% | $686,700 | 15.9% | 1,006 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Creepshow | $3,115,714 | $2,595,310 | 83.3% | $520,404 | 16.7% | 1,132 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Last Unicorn | $2,565,286 | $2,385,286 | 93% | $180,000 | 7% | 690 | 2 | Jensen Farley Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Heidi's Song | $1,998,941 | $1,779,497 | 89% | $219,444 | 11% | 967 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | My Favorite Year | $1,338,256 | $1,111,649 | 83.1% | $226,607 | 16.9% | 436 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | The Missionary | $1,157,121 | $894,850 | 77.3% | $262,271 | 22.7% | 407 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,061,743 | $832,407 | 78.4% | $229,336 | 21.6% | 221 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | They Call Me Bruce | $1,026,407 | $831,390 | 81% | $195,017 | 19% | 194 | 3 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 12 | Class Reunion | $434,703 | $337,973 | 77.8% | $96,730 | 22.2% | 325 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Five Days One Summer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Monsignor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
