| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Terminator | $5,560,930 | - | 1,005 | - | $5,533 | $5,560,930 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Terror in the Aisles | $4,957,000 | - | 1,127 | - | $4,398 | $4,957,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Body Double | $3,661,286 | - | 1,428 | - | $2,563 | $3,661,286 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Places in the Heart | $3,123,653 | -17% | 790 | +31 | $3,953 | $17,146,640 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Thief of Hearts | $2,584,166 | -37.1% | 1,200 | - | $2,153 | $6,691,944 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 1 | Teachers | $2,190,574 | -49.8% | 1,005 | -406 | $2,179 | $20,528,441 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | - | Firstborn | $2,017,306 | - | 800 | - | $2,521 | $2,017,306 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | American Dreamer | $2,002,848 | - | 801 | - | $2,500 | $2,002,848 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | The Little Drummer Girl | $1,948,597 | -44.5% | 810 | -10 | $2,405 | $5,462,388 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | A Soldier's Story | $1,693,450 | -19.1% | 316 | +27 | $5,359 | $9,405,993 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | All of Me | $1,640,101 | -49.8% | 785 | -333 | $2,089 | $28,391,000 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | The Razor's Edge | $1,595,261 | -48.7% | 1,029 | -7 | $1,550 | $4,707,710 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Ghostbusters | $1,392,185 | -31.2% | 753 | -137 | $1,848 | $212,974,973 | 21 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Amadeus | $1,273,974 | -3.3% | 110 | -14 | $11,581 | $6,631,942 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $178,480 | -42.4% | 61 | -38 | $2,925 | $4,236,053 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
