| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $16,824,955 | -32.6% | 1,532 | - | $10,982 | $41,793,828 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Dune | $8,292,461 | - | 915 | - | $9,062 | $8,292,461 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | City Heat | $5,778,279 | -31.3% | 1,393 | - | $4,148 | $14,192,762 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | $5,603,547 | -42.3% | 1,126 | - | $4,976 | $15,307,673 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Cotton Club | $4,213,649 | - | 808 | - | $5,214 | $4,213,649 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Starman | $4,040,189 | - | 1,261 | - | $3,203 | $4,040,189 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Terminator | $1,399,646 | -30.1% | 938 | -85 | $1,492 | $33,282,346 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Runaway | $1,198,279 | - | 720 | - | $1,664 | $1,198,279 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 10 | Falling in Love | $1,109,209 | +26.4% | 701 | +396 | $1,582 | $7,636,135 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Missing in Action | $1,066,631 | -39% | 970 | -204 | $1,099 | $21,630,008 | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Amadeus | $643,477 | -29.4% | 244 | -93 | $2,637 | $16,935,508 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Supergirl | $387,578 | -58.4% | 601 | -403 | $644 | $12,517,626 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Ghostbusters | $330,659 | -28.5% | 329 | -102 | $1,005 | $219,809,118 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Passage to India | $129,711 | - | 3 | - | $43,237 | $129,711 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Killing Fields | $53,146 | -35.3% | 3 | - | $17,715 | $650,975 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | 1984 | $44,735 | - | 1 | - | $44,735 | $44,735 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
