| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vacation | $6,161,649 | -14.3% | 1,253 | +23 | $4,917 | $31,072,408 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Cujo | $6,114,899 | - | 1,239 | - | $4,935 | $6,114,899 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Risky Business | $4,577,971 | +7.1% | 693 | +23 | $6,606 | $11,804,359 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $3,759,299 | -16.4% | 1,515 | -249 | $2,481 | $216,873,917 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Staying Alive | $2,514,264 | -31.5% | 998 | -382 | $2,519 | $50,067,838 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Trading Places | $2,378,675 | -10.6% | 880 | -65 | $2,703 | $72,268,923 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Jaws 3-D | $2,206,274 | -44.8% | 958 | -283 | $2,303 | $39,230,274 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | WarGames | $1,753,897 | -2.4% | 842 | -20 | $2,083 | $61,168,601 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Krull | $1,748,678 | -46.8% | 881 | -408 | $1,984 | $14,822,432 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | $1,728,060 | - | 498 | - | $3,470 | $1,728,060 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | - | Curse of the Pink Panther | $1,641,182 | - | 812 | - | $2,021 | $1,641,182 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 12 | - | The Man Who Wasn't There | $1,379,502 | - | 980 | - | $1,407 | $1,379,502 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | Mr. Mom | $1,337,321 | - | 261 | - | $5,123 | - | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Flashdance | $1,327,937 | -9.6% | 590 | -87 | $2,250 | $73,552,047 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Class | $1,241,944 | -32.8% | 595 | -194 | $2,087 | $15,986,971 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | The Star Chamber | $1,196,029 | -39.6% | 716 | -80 | $1,670 | $4,226,201 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | 8 | Private School | $1,128,375 | -53.9% | 531 | -452 | $2,125 | $11,470,375 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | Octopussy | $1,000,442 | -31.8% | 699 | -213 | $1,431 | $59,321,214 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
