| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $9,007,489 | - | - | - | - | 1,197 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Gandhi | $4,344,207 | - | - | - | - | 531 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Lords of Discipline | $3,652,955 | - | - | - | - | 800 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Lovesick | $3,605,353 | - | - | - | - | 718 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | The Sting II | $3,483,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,294 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | 48 Hrs. | $3,229,242 | - | - | - | - | 906 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Sophie's Choice | $2,515,000 | - | - | - | - | 414 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,288,584 | $1,610,701 | 70.4% | $677,883 | 29.6% | 722 | 37 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Without a Trace | $2,205,817 | - | - | - | - | 596 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | The Verdict | $2,152,363 | - | - | - | - | 579 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | The Entity | $2,085,644 | - | - | - | - | 581 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $2,047,681 | - | - | - | - | 690 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $1,140,192 | - | - | - | - | 667 | 30 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Pirates of Penzance | $320,797 | - | - | - | - | 91 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Table for Five | $187,900 | - | - | - | - | 40 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | The King of Comedy | $179,241 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Toy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Let's Spend the Night Together | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
