| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Splash | $8,428,490 | $6,174,059 | 73.2% | $2,254,431 | 26.8% | 829 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Footloose | $7,079,832 | $5,476,656 | 77.4% | $1,603,176 | 22.6% | 1,384 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Against All Odds | $4,424,795 | $3,371,182 | 76.2% | $1,053,613 | 23.8% | 979 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Terms of Endearment | $2,635,168 | $1,883,893 | 71.5% | $751,275 | 28.5% | 958 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Children of the Corn | $2,615,826 | $2,042,821 | 78.1% | $573,005 | 21.9% | 350 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Blame It on Rio | $2,579,620 | $1,926,008 | 74.7% | $653,612 | 25.3% | 908 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Lassiter | $2,108,491 | $1,606,973 | 76.2% | $501,518 | 23.8% | 841 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Unfaithfully Yours | $2,080,303 | $1,607,867 | 77.3% | $472,436 | 22.7% | 720 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Weekend Pass | $1,962,240 | $1,434,790 | 73.1% | $527,450 | 26.9% | 422 | 6 | Crown | - | false |
| 10 | Harry & Son | $1,560,347 | $1,200,561 | 76.9% | $359,786 | 23.1% | 887 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Hotel New Hampshire | $1,462,644 | $1,075,800 | 73.6% | $386,844 | 26.4% | 244 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Angel | $1,204,687 | $1,017,114 | 84.4% | $187,573 | 15.6% | 459 | 9 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Dresser | $764,703 | - | - | - | - | 241 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Right Stuff | $578,616 | - | - | - | - | 454 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Mike's Murder | $303,552 | $234,438 | 77.2% | $69,114 | 22.8% | 80 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | This Is Spinal Tap | $69,552 | $48,819 | 70.2% | $20,733 | 29.8% | 4 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | - | $69,828 | - | - | - | 53 | 43 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Sahara | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Broadway Danny Rose | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Never Cry Wolf | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
