| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghostbusters | $13,365,390 | $8,493,861 | 63.6% | $4,871,529 | 36.4% | 1,468 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Best Defense | $10,979,438 | $7,872,297 | 71.7% | $3,107,141 | 28.3% | 1,425 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Gremlins | $8,662,944 | $5,517,823 | 63.7% | $3,145,121 | 36.3% | 1,537 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Karate Kid | $6,744,277 | $4,248,830 | 63% | $2,495,447 | 37% | 1,067 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The NeverEnding Story | $6,693,114 | $4,325,823 | 64.6% | $2,367,291 | 35.4% | 950 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $6,355,440 | $3,647,069 | 57.4% | $2,708,371 | 42.6% | 1,261 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Last Starfighter | $5,449,494 | $3,659,470 | 67.2% | $1,790,024 | 32.8% | 1,286 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $4,752,690 | $3,060,056 | 64.4% | $1,692,634 | 35.6% | 1,022 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Bachelor Party | $4,542,712 | $2,963,397 | 65.2% | $1,579,315 | 34.8% | 1,078 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,487,796 | $1,513,090 | 60.8% | $974,706 | 39.2% | 364 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Conan the Destroyer | $2,306,645 | $1,540,188 | 66.8% | $766,457 | 33.2% | 762 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Cannonball Run II | $1,977,686 | $1,323,875 | 66.9% | $653,811 | 33.1% | 1,012 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $1,949,495 | $1,249,119 | 64.1% | $700,376 | 35.9% | 711 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Electric Dreams | $1,676,830 | $1,009,586 | 60.2% | $667,244 | 39.8% | 920 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Natural | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Romancing the Stone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Top Secret! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rhinestone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
