| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Terms of Endearment | $4,763,065 | $3,466,172 | 72.8% | $1,296,893 | 27.2% | 986 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $4,118,090 | $3,124,078 | 75.9% | $994,012 | 24.1% | 1,276 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Silkwood | $3,361,130 | $2,481,524 | 73.8% | $879,606 | 26.2% | 556 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Sudden Impact | $3,044,530 | $2,224,650 | 73.1% | $819,880 | 26.9% | 1,357 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Yentl | $2,470,341 | $1,774,021 | 71.8% | $696,320 | 28.2% | 728 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Uncommon Valor | $2,241,257 | $1,530,474 | 68.3% | $710,783 | 31.7% | 985 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Scarface | $2,163,000 | $1,533,000 | 70.9% | $630,000 | 29.1% | 700 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Angel | $1,838,021 | $1,451,930 | 79% | $386,091 | 21% | 378 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Gorky Park | $1,206,657 | $890,081 | 73.8% | $316,576 | 26.2% | 538 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Two of a Kind | $1,136,048 | $915,172 | 80.6% | $220,876 | 19.4% | 744 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | The Big Chill | $1,133,981 | $1,124,948 | 99.2% | $9,033 | 0.8% | 743 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Christine | $934,775 | $819,972 | 87.7% | $114,803 | 12.3% | 718 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Power | $929,162 | $929,162 | 100% | $0 | - | 256 | 1 | Film Ventures International (FVI) | - | false |
| 14 | The Buddy System | $659,918 | $524,672 | 79.5% | $135,246 | 20.5% | 190 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Scandalous | $369,183 | $274,933 | 74.5% | $94,250 | 25.5% | 144 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Never Cry Wolf | - | $1,974,814 | - | - | - | 343 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Right Stuff | - | $267,910 | - | - | - | 92 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | A Stranger Is Watching | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | D.C. Cab | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Rescuers 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | To Be or Not to Be | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
