| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | First Blood | $2,934,598 | $2,298,784 | 78.3% | $635,814 | 21.7% | 1,010 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $2,871,801 | $2,311,590 | 80.5% | $560,211 | 19.5% | 876 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,850,731 | $2,355,819 | 82.6% | $494,912 | 17.4% | 1,140 | 26 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1982 Re-release | $1,968,404 | $1,573,257 | 79.9% | $395,147 | 20.1% | 909 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Creepshow | $1,805,395 | $1,437,203 | 79.6% | $368,192 | 20.4% | 1,032 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Last Unicorn | $929,317 | $929,317 | 100% | $0 | - | 613 | 3 | Jensen Farley Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | My Favorite Year | $908,321 | $749,113 | 82.5% | $159,208 | 17.5% | 444 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | The Man from Snowy River | $768,762 | $608,061 | 79.1% | $160,701 | 20.9% | 214 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | They Call Me Bruce | $707,477 | $558,694 | 79% | $148,783 | 21% | 181 | 4 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 10 | The Missionary | $580,350 | $580,350 | 100% | $0 | - | 460 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Heidi's Song | $476,536 | $476,536 | 100% | $0 | - | 587 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Class Reunion | $354,830 | $270,575 | 76.2% | $84,255 | 23.8% | 356 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
