| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $25,229,913 | - | 1,966 | - | $12,833 | $25,229,913 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $25,018,047 | -42.4% | 1,687 | - | $14,829 | $76,755,874 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Natural | $4,767,058 | -42.6% | 1,012 | +23 | $4,710 | $27,680,139 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Breakin' | $3,580,012 | -27.2% | 1,068 | -49 | $3,352 | $27,478,370 | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | - | Streets of Fire | $3,338,000 | - | 1,150 | - | $2,902 | $3,338,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Romancing the Stone | $3,274,829 | -32.9% | 1,056 | -54 | $3,101 | $58,283,307 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Once Upon a Time in America | $3,088,879 | - | 894 | - | $3,455 | $3,088,879 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Police Academy | $2,418,055 | -29.1% | 1,068 | -135 | $2,264 | $72,571,808 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Sixteen Candles | $1,869,000 | -40.7% | 728 | -246 | $2,567 | $17,628,000 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Footloose | $1,555,497 | -33.6% | 702 | -210 | $2,215 | $73,939,459 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Firestarter | $1,157,000 | -57% | 672 | -399 | $1,721 | $14,273,000 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Splash | $972,669 | -56.5% | 771 | -302 | $1,261 | $62,145,046 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | This Is Spinal Tap | $208,954 | -58.2% | 139 | -62 | $1,503 | $4,139,544 | 14 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
