| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mr. Mom | $3,945,735 | -17.7% | 1,341 | +24 | $2,942 | $47,492,557 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Risky Business | $3,120,913 | -16.8% | 1,137 | +16 | $2,744 | $49,355,985 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Vacation | $1,956,928 | -16.7% | 1,104 | -20 | $1,772 | $57,446,028 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Eddie and the Cruisers | $1,811,015 | - | 475 | - | $3,812 | $1,811,015 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Revenge of the Ninja | $1,621,175 | - | 426 | -6 | $3,805 | $5,149,735 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Flashdance | $1,582,852 | -14.5% | 795 | -43 | $1,991 | $87,410,843 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Zelig | $1,539,346 | - | 210 | +144 | $7,330 | $7,154,722 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Easy Money | $1,463,951 | -28.1% | 778 | -100 | $1,881 | $26,657,253 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $1,427,262 | -18.7% | 496 | -79 | $2,877 | $238,217,915 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Trading Places | $1,324,974 | -14.1% | 698 | -52 | $1,898 | $85,572,255 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Staying Alive | $955,480 | -25.1% | 581 | -119 | $1,644 | $62,243,333 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | WarGames | $926,811 | -15% | 681 | -64 | $1,360 | $71,870,716 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | Pieces | $753,310 | - | 104 | - | $7,243 | $753,310 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 14 | 5 | Nightmares | $715,680 | -63.8% | 504 | -464 | $1,420 | $6,670,680 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Educating Rita | $128,096 | - | 3 | - | $42,698 | $128,096 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
