| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Breakin' | $6,047,686 | - | 1,069 | - | $5,657 | $6,047,686 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 2 | - | Sixteen Candles | $4,461,520 | - | 1,240 | - | $3,598 | $4,461,520 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Romancing the Stone | $4,012,150 | -14.2% | 1,044 | -42 | $3,843 | $40,187,726 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Police Academy | $3,543,670 | -25.1% | 1,452 | -135 | $2,440 | $58,554,912 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Hardbodies | $2,684,599 | - | 1,538 | - | $1,745 | $2,684,599 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Bounty | $2,622,306 | - | 986 | - | $2,659 | $2,622,306 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $2,121,097 | -36.7% | 939 | -223 | $2,258 | $35,525,104 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Splash | $1,885,403 | -34% | 894 | -259 | $2,108 | $55,082,365 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Moscow on the Hudson | $1,758,800 | -28.9% | 639 | -82 | $2,752 | $18,340,436 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Footloose | $1,683,727 | -25.4% | 922 | -188 | $1,826 | $66,153,124 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $1,646,335 | -45.3% | 868 | -550 | $1,896 | $28,085,908 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Alphabet City | $1,172,292 | - | 321 | - | $3,652 | $1,172,292 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | Children of the Corn | $1,010,334 | -34.3% | 421 | -161 | $2,399 | $13,842,809 | 9 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Purple Hearts | $515,053 | +394% | 370 | +341 | $1,392 | $658,649 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | This Is Spinal Tap | $372,174 | -20.9% | 179 | -27 | $2,079 | $2,350,407 | 10 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
