| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | High Road to China | $8,242,488 | - | 1,508 | - | $5,465 | $8,242,488 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Tootsie | $4,931,349 | -5.6% | 1,185 | -29 | $4,161 | $140,085,188 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Gandhi | $2,781,107 | -12.4% | 672 | -88 | $4,138 | $32,118,951 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | 10 to Midnight | $2,254,672 | -39.8% | 595 | - | $3,789 | $6,000,197 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | 48 Hrs. | $1,872,876 | -2.5% | 750 | -24 | $2,497 | $66,355,829 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Trenchcoat | $1,397,724 | -47.4% | 723 | - | $1,933 | $4,052,756 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Sophie's Choice | $1,265,000 | -20.6% | 415 | -74 | $3,048 | $20,367,000 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Verdict | $1,053,971 | -16.5% | 478 | -70 | $2,204 | $49,728,608 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 13 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,012,354 | +4% | 385 | -62 | $2,629 | $338,065,673 | 41 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Lords of Discipline | $889,837 | -22.4% | 454 | -164 | $1,959 | $10,998,088 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Man from Snowy River | $866,346 | -20.2% | 408 | -64 | $2,123 | $17,018,877 | 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $830,857 | -16.2% | 290 | - | $2,865 | $6,879,676 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | My Tutor | $675,310 | +15.9% | 117 | +9 | $5,771 | $1,859,821 | 3 | Crown | false | false |
