| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Never Say Never Again | $9,541,370 | $7,233,884 | 75.8% | $2,307,486 | 24.2% | 1,560 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Big Chill | $4,408,756 | $3,253,763 | 73.8% | $1,154,993 | 26.2% | 727 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Mr. Mom | $2,286,201 | $1,776,643 | 77.7% | $509,558 | 22.3% | 1,118 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Risky Business | $1,951,121 | $1,457,762 | 74.7% | $493,359 | 25.3% | 1,035 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Romantic Comedy | $1,747,983 | $1,383,887 | 79.2% | $364,096 | 20.8% | 899 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Brainstorm | $1,438,552 | $1,059,768 | 73.7% | $378,784 | 26.3% | 276 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Revenge of the Ninja | $1,018,492 | $744,682 | 73.1% | $273,810 | 26.9% | 504 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $867,741 | $636,081 | 73.3% | $231,660 | 26.7% | 704 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $821,325 | $622,402 | 75.8% | $198,923 | 24.2% | 293 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Deathstalker | $756,908 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Zelig | $727,338 | $537,769 | 73.9% | $189,569 | 26.1% | 242 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Flashdance | $724,676 | $724,676 | 100% | $0 | - | 620 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Trading Places | $542,383 | $542,383 | 100% | $0 | - | 509 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | - | - | - | - | - | 196 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 9 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Beyond the Limit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | ...All the Marbles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
