| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Deal of the Century | $3,520,605 | - | 1,217 | - | $2,892 | $3,520,605 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Never Say Never Again | $3,482,345 | -7.9% | 1,231 | -226 | $2,828 | $38,571,209 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $3,326,994 | -10.1% | 1,402 | -9 | $2,373 | $8,270,433 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Big Chill | $2,967,617 | +10.3% | 829 | +21 | $3,579 | $25,303,941 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | All the Right Moves | $2,820,412 | +53.7% | 909 | +234 | $3,102 | $7,527,648 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Dead Zone | $2,344,008 | -22.2% | 1,140 | -146 | $2,056 | $12,324,008 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Right Stuff | $1,485,106 | -5.1% | 229 | - | $6,485 | $5,767,908 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 12 | The Osterman Weekend | $1,415,075 | +127% | 670 | +381 | $2,112 | $3,615,679 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Educating Rita | $1,203,990 | +7.5% | 406 | +10 | $2,965 | $3,589,001 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Mr. Mom | $912,659 | -2.6% | 678 | -164 | $1,346 | $60,141,741 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Risky Business | $824,340 | -3.2% | 748 | -119 | $1,102 | $60,133,170 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Under Fire | $715,233 | -39.7% | 440 | -376 | $1,625 | $4,873,623 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Running Brave | $441,145 | - | 234 | - | $1,885 | $441,145 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $355,538 | +5.2% | 157 | -37 | $2,264 | $242,621,536 | 24 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | Testament | $317,996 | - | 41 | - | $7,756 | $317,996 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
