| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Flashdance | $5,604,272 | $4,085,494 | 72.9% | $1,518,778 | 27.1% | 1,140 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $3,753,194 | $2,919,711 | 77.8% | $833,483 | 22.2% | 1,213 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | My Tutor | $3,605,636 | $1,947,448 | 54% | $1,658,188 | 46% | 500 | 8 | Crown | - | false |
| 4 | Tootsie | $3,008,215 | $2,598,623 | 86.4% | $409,592 | 13.6% | 976 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | $2,708,720 | $1,975,457 | 72.9% | $733,263 | 27.1% | 554 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Gandhi | $2,681,670 | $2,076,315 | 77.4% | $605,355 | 22.6% | 747 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Outsiders | $2,052,952 | $1,646,454 | 80.2% | $406,498 | 19.8% | 803 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,873,088 | $1,552,504 | 82.9% | $320,584 | 17.1% | 643 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Spring Break | $1,543,983 | $1,263,929 | 81.9% | $280,054 | 18.1% | 908 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,536,105 | $1,195,506 | 77.8% | $340,599 | 22.2% | 660 | 46 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | High Road to China | $1,437,935 | $1,116,021 | 77.6% | $321,914 | 22.4% | 707 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | 48 Hrs. | $1,270,759 | $942,157 | 74.1% | $328,602 | 25.9% | 560 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Bad Boys | $1,013,819 | $1,013,819 | 100% | $0 | - | 535 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Sophie's Choice | $955,547 | $955,547 | 100% | $0 | - | 548 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Local Hero | $915,278 | $709,046 | 77.5% | $206,232 | 22.5% | 179 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Tender Mercies | $210,223 | $147,156 | 70% | $63,067 | 30% | 37 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Sword in the Stone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Beyond the Reef | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Second-Hand Hearts | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
