| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tootsie | $5,222,115 | -7.6% | 1,214 | -7 | $4,301 | $135,153,839 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | 10 to Midnight | $3,745,525 | - | 595 | - | $6,295 | $3,745,525 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Gandhi | $3,174,031 | -2.5% | 760 | -6 | $4,176 | $29,337,844 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Trenchcoat | $2,655,032 | - | 723 | - | $3,672 | $2,655,032 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | 48 Hrs. | $1,921,666 | -10.6% | 774 | -26 | $2,482 | $64,482,953 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Sophie's Choice | $1,593,000 | -22.7% | 489 | -30 | $3,257 | $19,102,000 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | The Verdict | $1,262,269 | -17.6% | 548 | -78 | $2,303 | $48,674,637 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Lovesick | $1,240,202 | -35.6% | 620 | -92 | $2,000 | $9,172,563 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Vigilante | $1,226,881 | -40.5% | 241 | -9 | $5,090 | $3,289,821 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | The Lords of Discipline | $1,147,309 | -50.6% | 618 | -182 | $1,856 | $10,108,251 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,085,787 | -7.5% | 472 | -28 | $2,300 | $16,152,531 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $991,645 | -17.3% | 290 | - | $3,419 | $6,048,819 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $973,023 | -26.6% | 447 | -163 | $2,176 | $337,053,319 | 40 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | My Tutor | $582,584 | -3.2% | 108 | +12 | $5,394 | $1,184,511 | 2 | Crown | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Tender Mercies | $73,263 | +9.2% | 3 | - | $24,421 | $140,359 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Local Hero | $49,727 | - | 2 | - | $24,863 | $73,294 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
