| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $6,847,544 | $4,747,425 | 69.3% | $2,100,119 | 30.7% | 1,215 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | 48 Hrs. | $3,148,007 | $2,237,435 | 71.1% | $910,572 | 28.9% | 1,050 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Entity | $3,070,513 | $2,212,809 | 72.1% | $857,704 | 27.9% | 1,035 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Gandhi | $2,512,670 | $1,724,252 | 68.6% | $788,418 | 31.4% | 357 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Sophie's Choice | $2,119,000 | $1,464,528 | 69.1% | $654,472 | 30.9% | 398 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Without a Trace | $2,108,575 | $1,555,605 | 73.8% | $552,970 | 26.2% | 711 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | The Verdict | $1,993,007 | $1,354,078 | 67.9% | $638,929 | 32.1% | 808 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Let's Spend the Night Together | $1,767,001 | $1,319,050 | 74.6% | $447,951 | 25.4% | 475 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,115,539 | $811,039 | 72.7% | $304,500 | 27.3% | 479 | 36 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Toy | $1,042,862 | $811,865 | 77.8% | $230,997 | 22.2% | 617 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,012,835 | $727,220 | 71.8% | $285,615 | 28.2% | 425 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Dark Crystal | $841,001 | $841,001 | 100% | $0 | - | 579 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sunday Lovers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Best Friends | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Last Metro | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Eyewitness | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Dogs of War | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Year of Living Dangerously | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | An Officer and a Gentleman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | La Cage aux Folles II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | My Bloody Valentine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
