| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $3,125,453 | -10.7% | 260 | - | $12,020 | $8,949,207 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | A Christmas Story | $2,659,752 | -32.4% | 924 | -14 | $2,878 | $10,519,497 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Big Chill | $2,037,252 | -30.6% | 832 | +7 | $2,448 | $38,587,201 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Never Say Never Again | $1,326,436 | -47.8% | 944 | -143 | $1,405 | $50,250,135 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $1,020,600 | -37.8% | 243 | - | $4,200 | $4,699,843 | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | All the Right Moves | $936,935 | -36.3% | 890 | +83 | $1,052 | $16,266,778 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 13 | The Dead Zone | $777,995 | -24% | 720 | +32 | $1,080 | $19,287,938 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Educating Rita | $753,983 | -30.3% | 405 | +14 | $1,861 | $8,741,012 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Amityville 3-D | $718,289 | -61.4% | 755 | -498 | $951 | $6,320,000 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $714,456 | -37.9% | 621 | -37 | $1,150 | $16,156,776 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Right Stuff | $681,997 | -42.7% | 235 | +2 | $2,902 | $11,378,193 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | A Night in Heaven | $629,814 | -53.2% | 700 | -193 | $899 | $5,206,406 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $239,932 | -34.3% | 111 | +8 | $2,161 | $244,354,181 | 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
