| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Footloose | $8,075,426 | -21.1% | 1,384 | - | $5,834 | $18,314,943 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Blame It on Rio | $4,129,171 | -3.9% | 1,234 | +33 | $3,346 | $8,425,034 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Lassiter | $3,739,286 | -37.1% | 945 | - | $3,956 | $9,684,282 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $3,671,102 | -34.2% | 1,238 | -21 | $2,965 | $82,711,836 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Unfaithfully Yours | $3,131,962 | -19.4% | 809 | -22 | $3,871 | $11,922,070 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 9 | The Right Stuff | $1,628,577 | -19.8% | 624 | -3 | $2,609 | $19,463,843 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Broadway Danny Rose | $1,587,009 | -35.5% | 582 | -31 | $2,726 | $7,443,515 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Angel | $1,558,272 | -19.7% | 499 | +1 | $3,122 | $12,343,901 | 7 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Never Cry Wolf | $1,438,879 | -31.1% | 528 | -12 | $2,725 | $22,732,357 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Silkwood | $1,392,443 | -33.4% | 687 | -104 | $2,026 | $31,764,738 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Scarface | $998,000 | -5.1% | 442 | +106 | $2,257 | $39,563,000 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
