| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pale Rider | $14,520,811 | $9,119,111 | 62.8% | $5,401,700 | 37.2% | 1,710 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Cocoon | $12,134,373 | $7,347,444 | 60.6% | $4,786,929 | 39.4% | 1,152 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $10,971,880 | $6,957,496 | 63.4% | $4,014,384 | 36.6% | 1,956 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | St. Elmo's Fire | $10,027,814 | $6,128,157 | 61.1% | $3,899,657 | 38.9% | 1,204 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Goonies | $7,612,137 | $4,619,669 | 60.7% | $2,992,468 | 39.3% | 1,705 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Fletch | $4,671,355 | $3,030,585 | 64.9% | $1,640,770 | 35.1% | 1,099 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Prizzi's Honor | $3,753,790 | $2,435,596 | 64.9% | $1,318,194 | 35.1% | 689 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Back to the Future | $3,592,539 | - | - | - | - | 1,341 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Lifeforce | $3,045,505 | $2,495,205 | 81.9% | $550,300 | 18.1% | 1,515 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Return to Oz | $2,964,766 | $1,908,527 | 64.4% | $1,056,239 | 35.6% | 1,196 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | A View to a Kill | $2,919,697 | $1,742,866 | 59.7% | $1,176,831 | 40.3% | 1,037 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Brewster's Millions | $2,263,095 | $1,347,470 | 59.5% | $915,625 | 40.5% | 931 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Beverly Hills Cop | $1,623,424 | $941,335 | 58% | $682,089 | 42% | 646 | 31 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Perfect | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | D.A.R.Y.L. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Secret Admirer | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
