| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mr. Mom | $8,221,715 | - | 1,362 | - | $6,036 | $31,517,392 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | - | Risky Business | $6,327,382 | - | 1,119 | - | $5,654 | $36,813,213 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | - | Easy Money | $4,073,606 | - | 1,112 | - | $3,663 | $19,667,232 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Vacation | $4,008,514 | - | 1,248 | - | $3,211 | $49,398,171 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $3,509,131 | - | 957 | - | $3,666 | $232,256,663 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | - | Hercules | $2,507,262 | - | 1,014 | - | $2,472 | $7,082,398 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | - | Flashdance | $2,144,957 | - | 860 | - | $2,494 | $81,493,245 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Trading Places | $2,066,175 | - | 750 | - | $2,754 | $80,625,915 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Staying Alive | $1,766,165 | - | 755 | - | $2,339 | $58,290,017 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | - | WarGames | $1,754,088 | - | 849 | - | $2,066 | $68,221,054 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 11 | - | Strange Brew | $1,752,156 | - | 722 | - | $2,426 | $4,637,408 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | - | Cujo | $1,644,494 | - | 813 | - | $2,022 | $18,841,274 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | - | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | $1,301,800 | - | 1,119 | - | $1,163 | $5,019,800 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | - | Mortuary | $763,184 | - | 146 | - | $5,227 | $763,184 | - | - | - | false |
| 15 | - | Deathstalker | $456,700 | - | 166 | - | $2,751 | $456,700 | - | New World Pictures | - | false |
