| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Never Say Never Again | $13,188,077 | - | - | - | - | 1,550 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Big Chill | $5,096,482 | - | - | - | - | 723 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Romantic Comedy | $2,795,650 | - | - | - | - | 911 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Mr. Mom | $2,760,823 | - | - | - | - | 1,186 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Risky Business | $2,331,060 | - | - | - | - | 1,070 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Revenge of the Ninja | $1,521,351 | - | - | - | - | 504 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Brainstorm | $1,479,842 | - | - | - | - | 178 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $1,178,722 | - | - | - | - | 867 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Beyond the Limit | $1,157,849 | - | - | - | - | 707 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Flashdance | $1,054,678 | - | - | - | - | 624 | 26 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Trading Places | $1,002,574 | - | - | - | - | 690 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $949,221 | - | - | - | - | 306 | 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Zelig | $919,286 | - | - | - | - | 245 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Rumble Fish | $27,516 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Deathstalker | - | - | - | - | - | 250 | 6 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Watcher in the Woods | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rich and Famous | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Eddie and the Cruisers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
