| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tootsie | $5,222,115 | $4,044,440 | 77.4% | $1,177,675 | 22.6% | 1,214 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | 10 to Midnight | $3,745,525 | $3,050,225 | 81.4% | $695,300 | 18.6% | 595 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Gandhi | $3,174,031 | $2,265,483 | 71.4% | $908,548 | 28.6% | 760 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Trenchcoat | $2,655,032 | $2,192,621 | 82.6% | $462,411 | 17.4% | 723 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | 48 Hrs. | $1,921,666 | $1,533,510 | 79.8% | $388,156 | 20.2% | 774 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Sophie's Choice | $1,593,000 | $1,197,669 | 75.2% | $395,331 | 24.8% | 489 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Verdict | $1,262,269 | $919,040 | 72.8% | $343,229 | 27.2% | 548 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Lovesick | $1,240,202 | $970,561 | 78.3% | $269,641 | 21.7% | 620 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Vigilante | $1,226,881 | $907,892 | 74% | $318,989 | 26% | 241 | 2 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 10 | The Lords of Discipline | $1,147,309 | $892,563 | 77.8% | $254,746 | 22.2% | 618 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,085,787 | $804,700 | 74.1% | $281,087 | 25.9% | 472 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $991,645 | $802,753 | 81% | $188,892 | 19% | 290 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $973,023 | $730,988 | 75.1% | $242,035 | 24.9% | 447 | 40 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | My Tutor | $582,584 | $424,216 | 72.8% | $158,368 | 27.2% | 108 | 2 | Crown | - | false |
| 15 | Tender Mercies | $73,263 | $50,933 | 69.5% | $22,330 | 30.5% | 3 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Local Hero | $49,727 | $35,010 | 70.4% | $14,717 | 29.6% | 2 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | They Call Me Bruce | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
