| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Footloose | $7,799,693 | $6,300,641 | 80.8% | $1,499,052 | 19.2% | 1,384 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Against All Odds | $4,933,955 | $3,766,128 | 76.3% | $1,167,827 | 23.7% | 976 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Blame It on Rio | $3,364,692 | $2,583,051 | 76.8% | $781,641 | 23.2% | 1,102 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Lassiter | $2,847,469 | $2,190,075 | 76.9% | $657,394 | 23.1% | 945 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Terms of Endearment | $2,841,393 | $2,088,781 | 73.5% | $752,612 | 26.5% | 1,114 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Unfaithfully Yours | $2,670,362 | $2,149,601 | 80.5% | $520,761 | 19.5% | 769 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Harry & Son | $2,432,821 | $1,900,000 | 78.1% | $532,821 | 21.9% | 920 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Weekend Pass | $1,951,415 | $1,354,883 | 69.4% | $596,532 | 30.6% | 475 | 5 | Crown | - | false |
| 9 | Angel | $1,319,106 | $860,975 | 65.3% | $458,131 | 34.7% | 408 | 8 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Never Cry Wolf | $1,222,265 | $1,002,549 | 82% | $219,716 | 18% | 492 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Right Stuff | $1,149,643 | $896,726 | 78% | $252,917 | 22% | 566 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Broadway Danny Rose | $1,093,447 | $778,420 | 71.2% | $315,027 | 28.8% | 347 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Sahara | $720,766 | $550,848 | 76.4% | $169,918 | 23.6% | 344 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | Repo Man | $129,000 | $95,300 | 73.9% | $33,700 | 26.1% | 39 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | This Is Spinal Tap | $43,125 | $30,835 | 71.5% | $12,290 | 28.5% | 3 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Dresser | - | $632,453 | - | - | - | 233 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Silkwood | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Scarface | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
