| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $8,216,877 | $8,216,877 | 100% | $0 | - | 1,822 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Falcon and the Snowman | $2,358,846 | $2,358,846 | 100% | $0 | - | 265 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | A Passage to India | $2,033,367 | $2,033,367 | 100% | $0 | - | 291 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Micki + Maude | $1,762,524 | $1,762,524 | 100% | $0 | - | 829 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Tomboy | $1,723,935 | $1,723,935 | 100% | $0 | - | 409 | 1 | Crown | - | false |
| 6 | The Flamingo Kid | $1,630,198 | $1,630,198 | 100% | $0 | - | 729 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Protocol | $1,368,125 | $1,368,125 | 100% | $0 | - | 789 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | The River | $1,364,160 | $1,364,160 | 100% | $0 | - | 812 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak | $1,337,274 | $1,337,274 | 100% | $0 | - | 500 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 10 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $1,323,175 | $1,323,175 | 100% | $0 | - | 380 | 12 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 11 | Starman | $1,308,014 | $1,308,014 | 100% | $0 | - | 753 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Cotton Club | $1,235,528 | $1,135,528 | 91.9% | $100,000 | 8.1% | 654 | 7 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | That's Dancing! | $1,158,487 | $1,158,487 | 100% | $0 | - | 660 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 14 | City Heat | $934,414 | $934,414 | 100% | $0 | - | 756 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | $894,842 | $894,842 | 100% | $0 | - | 573 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | The Killing Fields | $818,450 | $818,450 | 100% | $0 | - | 76 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Johnny Dangerously | $692,677 | $692,677 | 100% | $0 | - | 571 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | $684,775 | $684,775 | 100% | $0 | - | 559 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | Tuff Turf | $629,011 | $629,011 | 100% | $0 | - | 334 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pinocchio 1984 Re-release | - | $741,517 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Sunday in the Country | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Runaway | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Terminator | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dune | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Fandango | - | $50,437 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Paris, Texas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Avenging Angel | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | New World Pictures | - | false |
