| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $6,538,852 | -12.3% | 1,482 | -33 | $4,412 | $175,990,777 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Witness | $6,283,230 | -5.6% | 1,165 | +208 | $5,393 | $27,089,696 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | $5,000,664 | - | 1,336 | - | $3,743 | $5,000,664 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Breakfast Club | $4,634,217 | -12.6% | 1,074 | -44 | $4,314 | $15,850,707 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Sure Thing | $3,975,707 | - | 1,115 | - | $3,565 | $3,975,707 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Killing Fields | $2,398,323 | -17.4% | 651 | -7 | $3,684 | $21,613,823 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Vision Quest | $2,164,607 | -20.5% | 828 | -165 | $2,614 | $8,060,597 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | A Passage to India | $1,601,442 | -26.5% | 541 | -104 | $2,960 | $20,800,868 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | 1984 | $1,562,851 | - | 265 | - | $5,897 | $3,495,054 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Falcon and the Snowman | $1,554,139 | +3.2% | 602 | -113 | $2,581 | $14,119,828 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Amadeus | $1,364,942 | -7.8% | 435 | -43 | $3,137 | $30,498,164 | 24 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Purple Rose of Cairo | $191,312 | - | 3 | - | $63,770 | $191,312 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | A Private Function | $38,140 | - | 1 | - | $38,140 | $38,140 | 1 | Island Alive | true | false |
