| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | $18,433,091 | $11,152,500 | 60.5% | $7,280,591 | 39.5% | 1,420 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Pale Rider | $9,963,935 | $7,032,807 | 70.6% | $2,931,128 | 29.4% | 1,710 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Cocoon | $9,467,761 | $6,333,285 | 66.9% | $3,134,476 | 33.1% | 1,163 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $9,058,295 | $6,428,108 | 71% | $2,630,187 | 29% | 1,820 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Emerald Forest | $7,666,493 | $4,345,150 | 56.7% | $3,321,343 | 43.3% | 1,110 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | St. Elmo's Fire | $6,190,708 | $4,060,207 | 65.6% | $2,130,501 | 34.4% | 1,207 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Goonies | $5,894,953 | $3,900,191 | 66.2% | $1,994,762 | 33.8% | 1,673 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Red Sonja | $4,690,605 | $2,263,553 | 48.3% | $2,427,052 | 51.7% | 1,091 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Fletch | $3,373,748 | $2,376,150 | 70.4% | $997,598 | 29.6% | 1,022 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Prizzi's Honor | $2,826,957 | $2,049,597 | 72.5% | $777,360 | 27.5% | 660 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | A View to a Kill | $1,812,100 | $1,234,570 | 68.1% | $577,530 | 31.9% | 841 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Return to Oz | $1,583,172 | $984,649 | 62.2% | $598,523 | 37.8% | 748 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Lifeforce | $1,350,600 | $1,225,600 | 90.7% | $125,000 | 9.3% | 805 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Brewster's Millions | $1,017,500 | $1,017,500 | 100% | $0 | - | 740 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Beverly Hills Cop | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
