| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Police Academy | $7,403,955 | -8.2% | 1,358 | +295 | $5,452 | $30,011,891 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $5,895,148 | -9.6% | 774 | +21 | $7,616 | $14,819,124 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Romancing the Stone | $5,570,693 | +9.1% | 836 | +13 | $6,663 | $12,546,492 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Splash | $4,453,841 | -20.3% | 1,068 | -10 | $4,170 | $37,529,938 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Where the Boys Are | $3,665,088 | - | 1,414 | - | $2,592 | $3,665,088 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Moscow on the Hudson | $3,536,687 | - | 618 | - | $5,722 | $3,536,687 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | Hard to Hold | $3,410,001 | - | 1,017 | - | $3,353 | $3,410,001 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | Up the Creek | $3,210,882 | - | 1,346 | - | $2,385 | $3,210,882 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Footloose | $3,052,131 | -26.8% | 1,272 | -88 | $2,399 | $53,740,337 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | Terms of Endearment | $1,095,804 | +21.9% | 509 | -36 | $2,152 | $94,522,929 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Against All Odds | $995,283 | -40.4% | 539 | -202 | $1,846 | $18,948,506 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Racing with the Moon | $807,955 | -36.7% | 372 | -17 | $2,171 | $4,815,858 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Dresser | $277,606 | - | 131 | - | $2,119 | $5,310,748 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | This Is Spinal Tap | $150,145 | -21.3% | 31 | +5 | $4,843 | $734,446 | 6 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
