| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $6,652,263 | $5,236,117 | 78.7% | $1,416,146 | 21.3% | 1,216 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Gandhi | $3,651,664 | $2,746,571 | 75.2% | $905,093 | 24.8% | 734 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Lords of Discipline | $2,985,930 | $2,446,643 | 81.9% | $539,287 | 18.1% | 800 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Lovesick | $2,402,158 | $1,992,149 | 82.9% | $410,009 | 17.1% | 744 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | 48 Hrs. | $2,392,402 | $1,887,534 | 78.9% | $504,868 | 21.1% | 906 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Sophie's Choice | $2,262,000 | $1,914,974 | 84.7% | $347,026 | 15.3% | 495 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Sting II | $2,170,000 | $1,805,047 | 83.2% | $364,953 | 16.8% | 1,272 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,769,432 | $1,390,334 | 78.6% | $379,098 | 21.4% | 723 | 38 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Verdict | $1,677,726 | $1,299,939 | 77.5% | $377,787 | 22.5% | 655 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $1,642,841 | $1,254,256 | 76.4% | $388,585 | 23.6% | 679 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Without a Trace | $1,307,708 | $1,063,528 | 81.3% | $244,180 | 18.7% | 506 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Entity | $1,298,018 | $1,002,041 | 77.2% | $295,977 | 22.8% | 502 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Man from Snowy River | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | The Pirates of Penzance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | An Officer and a Gentleman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | They Call Me Bruce | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
