| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Terms of Endearment | $3,881,348 | $3,045,877 | 78.5% | $835,471 | 21.5% | 870 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Silkwood | $3,350,850 | $2,665,876 | 79.6% | $684,974 | 20.4% | 839 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Reckless | $3,089,116 | $2,446,016 | 79.2% | $643,100 | 20.8% | 897 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,764,766 | $2,283,814 | 82.6% | $480,952 | 17.4% | 502 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Weekend Pass | $2,113,065 | $1,451,676 | 68.7% | $661,389 | 31.3% | 399 | 1 | Crown | - | false |
| 6 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $2,002,238 | $1,610,241 | 80.4% | $391,997 | 19.6% | 1,037 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Yentl | $1,932,648 | $1,475,402 | 76.3% | $457,246 | 23.7% | 741 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 8 | Sudden Impact | $1,885,984 | $1,437,746 | 76.2% | $448,238 | 23.8% | 919 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Star 80 | $1,866,831 | $1,421,314 | 76.1% | $445,517 | 23.9% | 502 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | The Lonely Guy | $1,576,000 | $1,285,100 | 81.5% | $290,900 | 18.5% | 710 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Scarface | $1,526,000 | $1,257,250 | 82.4% | $268,750 | 17.6% | 535 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Uncommon Valor | $1,494,977 | $1,135,907 | 76% | $359,070 | 24% | 803 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Angel | $1,443,264 | $1,342,176 | 93% | $101,088 | 7% | 475 | 4 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Broadway Danny Rose | $1,176,417 | $911,309 | 77.5% | $265,108 | 22.5% | 109 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Big Chill | $1,109,966 | $883,473 | 79.6% | $226,493 | 20.4% | 612 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Dresser | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gorky Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
