| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ghostbusters | $23,167,337 | - | 1,339 | - | $17,301 | $23,167,337 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Gremlins | $20,857,921 | - | 1,511 | - | $13,804 | $20,857,921 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $17,614,820 | -29.6% | 1,685 | -2 | $10,453 | $94,370,694 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $14,048,844 | -44.3% | 1,966 | - | $7,145 | $39,278,757 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Beat Street | $6,954,631 | - | 1,380 | - | $5,039 | $6,954,631 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Natural | $3,462,374 | -27.4% | 982 | -30 | $3,525 | $31,142,513 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Romancing the Stone | $2,287,158 | -30.2% | 885 | -171 | $2,584 | $60,570,465 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Breakin' | $1,803,465 | -49.6% | 874 | -194 | $2,063 | $29,281,835 | 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Streets of Fire | $1,625,000 | -51.3% | 1,055 | -95 | $1,540 | $4,963,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Police Academy | $1,556,401 | -35.6% | 811 | -257 | $1,919 | $74,128,209 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Once Upon a Time in America | $1,398,974 | -54.7% | 802 | -92 | $1,744 | $4,487,853 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Footloose | $1,163,324 | -25.2% | 566 | -136 | $2,055 | $75,102,783 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Sixteen Candles | $1,141,000 | -39% | 525 | -203 | $2,173 | $18,769,000 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
