| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mr. Mom | $9,328,370 | $6,445,106 | 69.1% | $2,883,264 | 30.9% | 1,235 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Risky Business | $7,245,305 | $4,820,197 | 66.5% | $2,425,108 | 33.5% | 1,089 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Easy Money | $6,453,447 | $4,554,729 | 70.6% | $1,898,718 | 29.4% | 1,171 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $4,875,949 | $3,410,591 | 70% | $1,465,358 | 30% | 1,246 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Hercules | $4,575,136 | $3,473,635 | 75.9% | $1,101,501 | 24.1% | 1,001 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $4,210,398 | $2,563,071 | 60.9% | $1,647,327 | 39.1% | 1,178 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Strange Brew | $2,885,252 | $1,913,389 | 66.3% | $971,863 | 33.7% | 849 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Cujo | $2,781,250 | $1,944,372 | 69.9% | $836,878 | 30.1% | 1,025 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Flashdance | $2,387,381 | $1,569,817 | 65.8% | $817,564 | 34.2% | 792 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Trading Places | $2,226,653 | $1,589,421 | 71.4% | $637,232 | 28.6% | 732 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Staying Alive | $2,007,018 | $1,347,108 | 67.1% | $659,910 | 32.9% | 761 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | WarGames | $1,890,100 | $1,256,949 | 66.5% | $633,151 | 33.5% | 821 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | $1,740,000 | $1,274,000 | 73.2% | $466,000 | 26.8% | 784 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | $165,465 | $99,221 | 60% | $66,244 | 40% | 4 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gallipoli | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fire and Ice | - | $263,238 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
