| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Footloose | $6,617,737 | - | 1,384 | - | $4,781 | $16,857,254 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Blame It on Rio | $3,258,618 | - | 1,234 | - | $2,640 | $7,554,481 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Lassiter | $2,933,067 | - | 945 | - | $3,103 | $8,878,063 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | - | Terms of Endearment | $2,808,728 | - | 1,238 | - | $2,268 | $81,849,462 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Unfaithfully Yours | $2,561,970 | - | 809 | - | $3,166 | $11,352,078 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Right Stuff | $1,318,438 | - | 624 | - | $2,112 | $19,153,704 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Broadway Danny Rose | $1,301,278 | - | 582 | - | $2,235 | $7,157,784 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Angel | $1,250,968 | - | 499 | - | $2,506 | $12,036,597 | 7 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Never Cry Wolf | $1,192,265 | - | 528 | - | $2,258 | $22,485,743 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Silkwood | $1,076,927 | - | 687 | - | $1,567 | $31,449,222 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | - | Weekend Pass | $973,936 | - | 386 | - | $2,523 | - | 4 | Crown | false | false |
| 12 | - | Scarface | $786,760 | - | 442 | - | $1,780 | $39,351,760 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $71,546 | - | 67 | - | $1,067 | $252,212,411 | 40 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
