| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $3,466,172 | -33.5% | 986 | -34 | $3,515 | $60,745,310 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $3,124,078 | -30.7% | 1,276 | +3 | $2,448 | $8,985,422 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 6 | Silkwood | $2,481,524 | +6.4% | 556 | +206 | $4,463 | $17,075,198 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Sudden Impact | $2,224,650 | -40.5% | 1,357 | -188 | $1,639 | $57,565,924 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Never Cry Wolf | $1,974,814 | - | 343 | - | $5,757 | - | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Yentl | $1,774,021 | -26% | 728 | +79 | $2,436 | $28,235,776 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Scarface | $1,533,000 | -39.8% | 700 | -115 | $2,190 | $32,198,000 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Uncommon Valor | $1,530,474 | -31.3% | 985 | -53 | $1,553 | $22,983,127 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Angel | $1,451,930 | -34.4% | 378 | +48 | $3,841 | $4,293,909 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Big Chill | $1,124,948 | -26.3% | 743 | +9 | $1,514 | $49,196,984 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Power | $929,162 | - | 256 | - | $3,629 | $929,162 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Two of a Kind | $915,172 | -41.6% | 744 | -175 | $1,230 | $21,114,301 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Gorky Park | $890,081 | -34.2% | 538 | -18 | $1,654 | $12,420,799 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Christine | $819,972 | -37.7% | 718 | -176 | $1,142 | $18,877,692 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Buddy System | $524,672 | - | 190 | - | $2,761 | $524,672 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 16 | - | Scandalous | $274,933 | - | 144 | - | $1,909 | $274,933 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | - | The Right Stuff | $267,910 | - | 92 | - | $2,912 | - | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $255,401 | -41.3% | 234 | -91 | $1,091 | $251,381,095 | 35 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
