| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $8,331,232 | - | 1,687 | - | $4,938 | $8,331,232 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Natural | $7,378,905 | +2% | 989 | - | $7,460 | $14,612,623 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Breakin' | $5,032,648 | -19.8% | 1,116 | -5 | $4,509 | $18,983,838 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Romancing the Stone | $4,664,382 | +11.5% | 1,101 | +77 | $4,236 | $50,127,275 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Firestarter | $4,166,439 | -33.4% | 1,374 | +18 | $3,032 | $10,426,439 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Police Academy | $3,613,039 | +2.2% | 1,412 | +94 | $2,558 | $66,741,810 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Sixteen Candles | $3,298,841 | -18.2% | 1,111 | -134 | $2,969 | $12,608,841 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Making the Grade | $2,328,972 | - | 1,197 | - | $1,945 | $2,328,972 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $1,894,032 | -5.7% | 765 | -73 | $2,475 | $40,028,624 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Footloose | $1,719,575 | +0.9% | 750 | -126 | $2,292 | $70,039,709 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Splash | $1,643,008 | -1.2% | 551 | -172 | $2,981 | $58,937,037 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Moscow on the Hudson | $1,526,400 | -9.9% | 562 | -73 | $2,716 | $22,040,029 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Bounty | $1,390,977 | -8.9% | 455 | -405 | $3,057 | $7,171,069 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Finders Keepers | $1,157,868 | - | 753 | - | $1,537 | $1,157,868 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
