| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Beverly Hills Cop | $24,968,873 | - | 1,532 | - | $16,298 | $24,968,873 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | $9,704,126 | - | 1,126 | - | $8,618 | $9,704,126 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 3 | - | City Heat | $8,414,483 | - | 1,393 | - | $6,040 | $8,414,483 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 1 | The Terminator | $2,002,925 | -46.5% | 1,023 | -9 | $1,957 | $31,882,700 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Missing in Action | $1,749,132 | -51.7% | 1,174 | -30 | $1,489 | $20,563,377 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Night of the Comet | $1,399,437 | -50.7% | 776 | -124 | $1,803 | $13,529,915 | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Supergirl | $931,838 | -66.2% | 1,004 | -616 | $928 | $12,130,048 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Oh, God! You Devil | $915,588 | -61.1% | 958 | -316 | $955 | $19,921,935 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Amadeus | $911,341 | -36% | 337 | -45 | $2,704 | $16,292,031 | 12 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Falling in Love | $877,738 | -55.1% | 305 | - | $2,877 | $6,526,926 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $709,170 | -53.5% | 207 | -23 | $3,425 | $7,220,490 | 5 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Places in the Heart | $678,968 | -45.7% | 685 | -116 | $991 | $28,539,417 | 12 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Ghostbusters | $462,506 | -44.3% | 431 | -79 | $1,073 | $219,478,459 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $176,933 | -53.4% | 167 | -27 | $1,059 | $6,172,260 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Killing Fields | $82,141 | -30.5% | 3 | - | $27,380 | $597,829 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
