| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | $15,767,165 | $9,761,392 | 61.9% | $6,005,773 | 38.1% | 1,470 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Gremlins | $10,188,198 | $6,171,855 | 60.6% | $4,016,343 | 39.4% | 1,537 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The Last Starfighter | $9,040,664 | $6,011,695 | 66.5% | $3,028,969 | 33.5% | 1,287 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $8,332,688 | $4,416,022 | 53% | $3,916,666 | 47% | 1,261 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Karate Kid | $7,875,860 | $4,763,399 | 60.5% | $3,112,461 | 39.5% | 1,031 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $6,500,043 | $4,104,665 | 63.2% | $2,395,378 | 36.8% | 1,287 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Bachelor Party | $6,454,620 | $4,071,012 | 63.1% | $2,383,608 | 36.9% | 1,189 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Cannonball Run II | $4,122,646 | $2,743,475 | 66.6% | $1,379,171 | 33.4% | 1,519 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Conan the Destroyer | $3,976,244 | $2,584,614 | 65% | $1,391,630 | 35% | 1,059 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $2,778,242 | $1,800,411 | 64.8% | $977,831 | 35.2% | 884 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Rhinestone | $2,065,684 | $1,341,420 | 64.9% | $724,264 | 35.1% | 869 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Top Secret! | $2,026,786 | $1,251,314 | 61.7% | $775,472 | 38.3% | 684 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Romancing the Stone | $1,638,609 | $1,003,947 | 61.3% | $634,662 | 38.7% | 594 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | The Natural | $1,448,849 | $1,014,338 | 70% | $434,511 | 30% | 672 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Summer Lovers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Filmways Pictures | - | false |
