| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Unfaithfully Yours | $4,902,877 | $3,774,126 | 77% | $1,128,751 | 23% | 820 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Terms of Endearment | $3,031,864 | $2,277,981 | 75.1% | $753,883 | 24.9% | 847 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Silkwood | $2,432,773 | $1,891,522 | 77.8% | $541,251 | 22.2% | 843 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Reckless | $2,103,639 | $1,621,488 | 77.1% | $482,151 | 22.9% | 899 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,071,982 | $1,634,886 | 78.9% | $437,096 | 21.1% | 503 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Weekend Pass | $1,606,266 | $1,031,039 | 64.2% | $575,227 | 35.8% | 421 | 2 | Crown | - | false |
| 7 | Sudden Impact | $1,489,416 | $1,111,692 | 74.6% | $377,724 | 25.4% | 773 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Angel | $1,435,363 | $1,321,279 | 92% | $114,084 | 8% | 490 | 5 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $1,409,687 | $1,088,761 | 77.2% | $320,926 | 22.8% | 916 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | Yentl | $1,361,466 | $1,006,136 | 73.9% | $355,330 | 26.1% | 655 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | Scarface | $1,285,554 | $1,020,780 | 79.4% | $264,774 | 20.6% | 477 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Star 80 | $1,160,820 | $943,346 | 81.3% | $217,474 | 18.7% | 479 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Big Chill | $981,342 | $735,765 | 75% | $245,577 | 25% | 584 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Broadway Danny Rose | $942,672 | $729,758 | 77.4% | $212,914 | 22.6% | 110 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Uncommon Valor | $923,917 | $923,917 | 100% | $0 | - | 745 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | The Dresser | $40,039 | $26,877 | 67.1% | $13,162 | 32.9% | 3 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Right Stuff | - | $195,817 | - | - | - | 87 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Lonely Guy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Love & Money | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
