| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Never Say Never Again | $6,011,610 | -16.9% | 1,552 | -8 | $3,873 | $28,741,057 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Dead Zone | $4,556,083 | - | 1,293 | - | $3,523 | $4,556,083 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Big Chill | $3,194,164 | -1.8% | 725 | -2 | $4,405 | $17,798,023 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Under Fire | $1,837,768 | - | 816 | - | $2,252 | $1,837,768 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Mr. Mom | $1,702,369 | -4.2% | 1,045 | -73 | $1,629 | $57,568,134 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | All the Right Moves | $1,625,486 | - | 442 | - | $3,677 | $1,625,486 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 7 | - | The Right Stuff | $1,601,167 | - | 229 | - | $6,991 | $1,601,167 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | Risky Business | $1,305,172 | -10.5% | 964 | -71 | $1,353 | $57,711,385 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Brainstorm | $1,128,671 | +6.5% | 498 | +222 | $2,266 | $5,670,900 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Romantic Comedy | $596,905 | -56.9% | 675 | -224 | $884 | $5,140,538 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $503,212 | -19.2% | 234 | -59 | $2,150 | $241,664,222 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | Deathstalker | $496,012 | - | 228 | - | $2,175 | $5,197,030 | 8 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Osterman Weekend | $301,129 | - | 125 | - | $2,409 | $301,129 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
