| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Never Say Never Again | $7,447,850 | $6,011,610 | 80.7% | $1,436,240 | 19.3% | 1,552 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | The Dead Zone | $5,983,561 | $4,556,083 | 76.1% | $1,427,478 | 23.9% | 1,293 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | The Big Chill | $4,150,414 | $3,194,164 | 77% | $956,250 | 23% | 725 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Under Fire | $2,494,130 | $1,837,768 | 73.7% | $656,362 | 26.3% | 816 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | All the Right Moves | $2,335,934 | $1,625,486 | 69.6% | $710,448 | 30.4% | 442 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Right Stuff | $2,207,953 | $1,601,167 | 72.5% | $606,786 | 27.5% | 229 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Mr. Mom | $2,124,359 | $1,702,369 | 80.1% | $421,990 | 19.9% | 1,045 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Risky Business | $1,724,293 | $1,305,172 | 75.7% | $419,121 | 24.3% | 964 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Brainstorm | $1,470,681 | $1,128,671 | 76.7% | $342,010 | 23.3% | 498 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Deathstalker | $713,084 | $496,012 | 69.6% | $217,072 | 30.4% | 228 | 8 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $638,728 | $503,212 | 78.8% | $135,516 | 21.2% | 234 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Romantic Comedy | $596,905 | $596,905 | 100% | $0 | - | 675 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | The Osterman Weekend | $401,664 | $301,129 | 75% | $100,535 | 25% | 125 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Trading Places | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Flashdance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Revenge of the Ninja | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Zelig | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | National Lampoon's Vacation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
