| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Lone Wolf McQuade | $5,781,279 | - | 1,221 | - | $4,734 | $5,781,279 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Flashdance | $5,653,053 | - | 1,140 | - | $4,958 | $5,653,053 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Tootsie | $3,842,492 | -9.6% | 1,064 | -28 | $3,611 | $156,455,105 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Gandhi | $3,813,094 | +20.5% | 825 | +20 | $4,621 | $43,433,694 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Outsiders | $2,806,925 | -26.4% | 922 | -80 | $3,044 | $19,400,710 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Max Dugan Returns | $2,445,199 | -20.7% | 716 | -47 | $3,415 | $12,942,725 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Spring Break | $2,396,097 | -40.6% | 1,170 | -293 | $2,047 | $21,038,428 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Meaning of Life | $2,299,171 | -15% | 394 | +64 | $5,835 | $8,144,000 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,047,741 | -4.5% | 689 | -147 | $2,972 | $344,654,028 | 45 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | High Road to China | $2,004,740 | -37% | 849 | -313 | $2,361 | $23,562,819 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Sophie's Choice | $1,503,823 | - | 457 | - | $3,290 | $24,260,000 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | 48 Hrs. | $1,422,904 | - | 530 | - | $2,684 | $71,474,751 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Sword in the Stone | $1,273,005 | -24.3% | 614 | - | $2,073 | $9,398,907 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Bad Boys | $880,364 | -48.1% | - | - | - | $8,177,000 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | My Tutor | $726,876 | -32.5% | 153 | -48 | $4,750 | $4,305,717 | 7 | Crown | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Local Hero | $527,712 | +45.1% | 80 | +39 | $6,596 | $1,500,426 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
