| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Mr. Mom | $3,945,735 | $3,207,199 | 81.3% | $738,536 | 18.7% | 1,341 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Risky Business | $3,120,913 | $2,430,800 | 77.9% | $690,113 | 22.1% | 1,137 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $1,956,928 | $1,502,252 | 76.8% | $454,676 | 23.2% | 1,104 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Eddie and the Cruisers | $1,811,015 | $1,444,886 | 79.8% | $366,129 | 20.2% | 475 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Revenge of the Ninja | $1,621,175 | $1,239,293 | 76.4% | $381,882 | 23.6% | 426 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Flashdance | $1,582,852 | $1,186,594 | 75% | $396,258 | 25% | 795 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Zelig | $1,539,346 | $1,148,576 | 74.6% | $390,770 | 25.4% | 210 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Easy Money | $1,463,951 | $1,132,067 | 77.3% | $331,884 | 22.7% | 778 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $1,427,262 | $1,093,199 | 76.6% | $334,063 | 23.4% | 496 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Trading Places | $1,324,974 | $1,038,479 | 78.4% | $286,495 | 21.6% | 698 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Staying Alive | $955,480 | $733,168 | 76.7% | $222,312 | 23.3% | 581 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | WarGames | $926,811 | $710,786 | 76.7% | $216,025 | 23.3% | 681 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | Pieces | $753,310 | $604,510 | 80.2% | $148,800 | 19.8% | 104 | 1 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 14 | Nightmares | $715,680 | $715,680 | 100% | $0 | - | 504 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Educating Rita | $128,096 | $73,518 | 57.4% | $54,578 | 42.6% | 3 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Carbon Copy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Only When I Laugh | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Strange Invaders | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Final Option | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | True Confessions | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
