| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | Mr. Mom | $6,445,106 | +50.6% | 1,235 | +501 | $5,218 | $20,412,413 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Risky Business | $4,820,197 | -8.2% | 1,089 | +198 | $4,426 | $28,060,723 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Easy Money | $4,554,729 | -22.1% | 1,171 | +41 | $3,889 | $13,694,908 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Hercules | $3,473,635 | - | 1,001 | - | $3,470 | $3,473,635 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Vacation | $3,410,591 | -15.3% | 1,246 | -6 | $2,737 | $43,924,299 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $2,563,071 | -15.5% | 1,178 | -106 | $2,175 | $227,100,205 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Cujo | $1,944,372 | -45.9% | 1,025 | -268 | $1,896 | $16,359,902 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Strange Brew | $1,913,389 | - | 849 | - | $2,253 | $1,913,389 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | Trading Places | $1,589,421 | -15.3% | 732 | -53 | $2,171 | $77,922,508 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Flashdance | $1,569,817 | +3.5% | 792 | +134 | $1,982 | $78,530,724 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Staying Alive | $1,347,108 | -26.7% | 761 | -57 | $1,770 | $55,863,942 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | $1,274,000 | -36.9% | 784 | +235 | $1,625 | $4,065,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | WarGames | $1,256,949 | -10.2% | 821 | +5 | $1,530 | $65,833,815 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Fire and Ice | $263,238 | - | 89 | - | $2,957 | $263,238 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 15 | - | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | $99,221 | - | 4 | - | $24,805 | $99,221 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
