| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mr. Mom | $5,894,686 | $4,686,652 | 79.5% | $1,208,034 | 20.5% | 1,349 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Risky Business | $4,424,338 | $3,332,184 | 75.3% | $1,092,154 | 24.7% | 1,120 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $2,989,794 | $2,271,155 | 76% | $718,639 | 24% | 1,193 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Easy Money | $2,702,735 | $2,037,526 | 75.4% | $665,209 | 24.6% | 1,048 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $2,141,661 | $1,621,851 | 75.7% | $519,810 | 24.3% | 715 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Flashdance | $2,005,459 | $1,425,850 | 71.1% | $579,609 | 28.9% | 860 | 22 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Trading Places | $1,719,906 | $1,279,288 | 74.4% | $440,618 | 25.6% | 750 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Staying Alive | $1,369,982 | $1,018,978 | 74.4% | $351,004 | 25.6% | 700 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | WarGames | $1,294,595 | $964,876 | 74.5% | $329,719 | 25.5% | 800 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Hercules | $1,132,496 | $880,253 | 77.7% | $252,243 | 22.3% | 667 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | Strange Brew | $1,101,729 | $851,185 | 77.3% | $250,544 | 22.7% | 516 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Nightmares | - | $2,572,750 | - | - | - | 1,025 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Night School | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Cujo | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
