| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Terminator | $5,752,018 | +3.4% | 1,112 | +107 | $5,172 | $11,312,948 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Body Double | $3,040,746 | -16.9% | 1,418 | -10 | $2,144 | $6,702,032 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Places in the Heart | $3,010,938 | -3.6% | 864 | +74 | $3,484 | $20,157,578 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Terror in the Aisles | $2,723,856 | -45.1% | 1,134 | +7 | $2,401 | $7,680,856 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 10 | A Soldier's Story | $2,716,354 | +60.4% | 580 | +264 | $4,683 | $12,122,347 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Teachers | $2,445,618 | +11.6% | 978 | -27 | $2,500 | $22,974,059 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 11 | All of Me | $2,195,692 | +33.9% | 924 | +139 | $2,376 | $30,586,692 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Firstborn | $2,112,348 | +4.7% | 929 | +129 | $2,273 | $4,129,654 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Thief of Hearts | $1,911,312 | -26% | 880 | -320 | $2,171 | $8,603,256 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | American Dreamer | $1,808,423 | -9.7% | 762 | -39 | $2,373 | $3,811,271 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | Ghostbusters | $1,545,916 | +11% | 780 | +27 | $1,981 | $214,520,889 | 22 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Little Drummer Girl | $1,318,024 | -32.4% | 532 | -278 | $2,477 | $6,780,412 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Amadeus | $1,094,952 | -14.1% | 107 | -3 | $10,233 | $7,726,894 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $221,707 | +24.2% | 76 | +15 | $2,917 | $4,457,760 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Killing Fields | $54,033 | - | 1 | - | $54,033 | $54,033 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
