| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $7,900,318 | $6,523,267 | 82.6% | $1,377,051 | 17.4% | 1,222 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Entity | $4,712,288 | $3,685,654 | 78.2% | $1,026,634 | 21.8% | 1,031 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | 48 Hrs. | $3,910,906 | $3,193,551 | 81.7% | $717,355 | 18.3% | 1,050 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Gandhi | $3,082,703 | $2,345,521 | 76.1% | $737,182 | 23.9% | 357 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Verdict | $2,716,740 | $2,215,317 | 81.5% | $501,423 | 18.5% | 854 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Without a Trace | $2,031,149 | $1,609,448 | 79.2% | $421,701 | 20.8% | 721 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Sophie's Choice | $1,631,000 | $1,267,884 | 77.7% | $363,116 | 22.3% | 212 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Videodrome | $1,543,000 | $1,194,175 | 77.4% | $348,825 | 22.6% | 600 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Dark Crystal | $1,359,000 | $1,120,722 | 82.5% | $238,278 | 17.5% | 617 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,294,241 | $1,050,594 | 81.2% | $243,647 | 18.8% | 699 | 35 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Toy | $1,263,647 | $1,045,749 | 82.8% | $217,898 | 17.2% | 725 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,258,606 | $1,004,469 | 79.8% | $254,137 | 20.2% | 458 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Best Friends | $1,142,707 | $902,187 | 79% | $240,520 | 21% | 719 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Devil and Max Devlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Kiss Me Goodbye | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Fort Apache the Bronx | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
