| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Footloose | $10,239,517 | - | - | - | - | 1,384 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Lassiter | $5,944,996 | - | - | - | - | 945 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Terms of Endearment | $5,581,876 | - | - | - | - | 1,259 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Blame It on Rio | $4,295,863 | - | - | - | - | 1,201 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Unfaithfully Yours | $3,887,231 | - | - | - | - | 831 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Broadway Danny Rose | $2,458,599 | - | - | - | - | 613 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Silkwood | $2,089,810 | - | - | - | - | 791 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,088,333 | - | - | - | - | 540 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Right Stuff | $2,029,673 | - | - | - | - | 627 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Angel | $1,941,543 | - | - | - | - | 498 | 6 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Yentl | $1,170,225 | - | - | - | - | 516 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Scarface | $1,051,446 | - | - | - | - | 336 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Crackers | $73,362 | - | - | - | - | 21 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Star 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Uncommon Valor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Sudden Impact | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Hot Dog... The Movie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Reckless | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
