| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mr. Mom | $4,793,490 | $3,860,064 | 80.5% | $933,426 | 19.5% | 1,317 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Risky Business | $3,751,359 | $2,865,443 | 76.4% | $885,916 | 23.6% | 1,121 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $2,349,421 | $1,800,559 | 76.6% | $548,862 | 23.4% | 1,124 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Easy Money | $2,035,526 | $1,549,644 | 76.1% | $485,882 | 23.9% | 878 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Nightmares | $1,977,737 | $1,473,737 | 74.5% | $504,000 | 25.5% | 968 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Flashdance | $1,851,545 | $1,365,163 | 73.7% | $486,382 | 26.3% | 838 | 23 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $1,754,856 | $1,346,372 | 76.7% | $408,484 | 23.3% | 575 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Trading Places | $1,542,732 | $1,174,474 | 76.1% | $368,258 | 23.9% | 750 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Staying Alive | $1,275,801 | $942,960 | 73.9% | $332,841 | 26.1% | 700 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | WarGames | $1,090,167 | $822,012 | 75.4% | $268,155 | 24.6% | 745 | 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | The Final Option | $1,010,721 | $750,259 | 74.2% | $260,462 | 25.8% | 338 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Strange Invaders | $847,486 | $655,461 | 77.3% | $192,025 | 22.7% | 274 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Revenge of the Ninja | - | $2,114,125 | - | - | - | 432 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Zelig | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Strange Brew | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Hercules | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The French Lieutenant's Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Mommie Dearest | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
