| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Big Chill | $3,515,523 | $2,929,243 | 83.3% | $586,280 | 16.7% | 830 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Never Say Never Again | $3,389,281 | $2,751,752 | 81.2% | $637,529 | 18.8% | 1,219 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $3,005,397 | $2,539,935 | 84.5% | $465,462 | 15.5% | 1,164 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Deal of the Century | $2,852,089 | $2,361,234 | 82.8% | $490,855 | 17.2% | 1,226 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | All the Right Moves | $2,845,420 | $2,359,791 | 82.9% | $485,629 | 17.1% | 908 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | The Dead Zone | $2,544,690 | $2,015,323 | 79.2% | $529,367 | 20.8% | 1,100 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Right Stuff | $1,667,058 | $1,373,154 | 82.4% | $293,904 | 17.6% | 229 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Educating Rita | $1,537,806 | $1,223,070 | 79.5% | $314,736 | 20.5% | 407 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Osterman Weekend | $1,274,885 | $982,628 | 77.1% | $292,257 | 22.9% | 633 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Mr. Mom | $1,138,103 | $938,180 | 82.4% | $199,923 | 17.6% | 648 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Risky Business | $981,705 | $755,953 | 77% | $225,752 | 23% | 738 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Running Brave | $856,968 | $659,865 | 77% | $197,103 | 23% | 440 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rumble Fish | - | - | - | - | - | 296 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Never Cry Wolf | - | $1,116,437 | - | - | - | 88 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Under Fire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
