| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 13 | Terms of Endearment | $4,732,565 | +333.7% | 260 | - | $18,202 | $5,823,754 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | A Christmas Story | $4,503,986 | +34.2% | 938 | +52 | $4,801 | $7,859,745 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Big Chill | $3,332,852 | -6.2% | 825 | -1 | $4,039 | $36,549,949 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Never Say Never Again | $2,991,995 | -1.3% | 1,087 | +42 | $2,752 | $48,923,699 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Amityville 3-D | $2,143,278 | -38% | 1,253 | -1 | $1,710 | $5,601,711 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $1,930,563 | - | 243 | +60 | $7,944 | $3,679,243 | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | All the Right Moves | $1,860,771 | -18.7% | 807 | -16 | $2,305 | $15,329,843 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | A Night in Heaven | $1,832,584 | -33.2% | 893 | -8 | $2,052 | $4,576,592 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | The Right Stuff | $1,392,799 | -3.1% | 233 | +4 | $5,977 | $10,696,196 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Golden Seal | $1,289,795 | - | 435 | +17 | $2,965 | $6,006,910 | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Dead Zone | $1,284,830 | -16.6% | 688 | -12 | $1,867 | $18,509,943 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Educating Rita | $1,240,541 | -2.2% | 391 | +23 | $3,172 | $7,987,029 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $1,199,176 | -38.7% | 658 | -133 | $1,822 | $15,442,320 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Savage Islands | $668,169 | -42.5% | 585 | -340 | $1,142 | $1,830,109 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
