| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mr. Mom | $3,207,199 | -16.9% | 1,341 | +24 | $2,391 | $46,754,021 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Risky Business | $2,430,800 | -15.2% | 1,137 | +16 | $2,137 | $48,665,872 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Vacation | $1,502,252 | -16.6% | 1,104 | -20 | $1,360 | $56,991,352 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Eddie and the Cruisers | $1,444,886 | - | 475 | - | $3,041 | $1,444,886 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Revenge of the Ninja | $1,239,293 | -41.4% | 426 | -6 | $2,909 | $4,767,853 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Flashdance | $1,186,594 | -13.1% | 795 | -43 | $1,492 | $87,014,585 | 24 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Zelig | $1,148,576 | - | 210 | - | $5,469 | $6,763,952 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Easy Money | $1,132,067 | -26.9% | 778 | -100 | $1,455 | $26,325,369 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $1,093,199 | -18.8% | 496 | -79 | $2,204 | $237,883,852 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Trading Places | $1,038,479 | -11.6% | 698 | -52 | $1,487 | $85,285,760 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Staying Alive | $733,168 | -22.2% | 581 | -119 | $1,261 | $62,021,021 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Nightmares | $715,680 | -51.4% | 504 | -464 | $1,420 | $6,670,680 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | WarGames | $710,786 | -13.5% | 681 | -64 | $1,043 | $71,654,691 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Pieces | $604,510 | - | 104 | - | $5,812 | $604,510 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 15 | - | Educating Rita | $73,518 | - | 3 | - | $24,506 | $73,518 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
