| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $11,148,617 | -14.6% | 1,464 | -42 | $7,615 | $80,636,536 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gremlins | $9,023,178 | -21% | 1,511 | - | $5,971 | $70,383,749 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Cannonball Run II | $8,323,948 | - | 1,778 | - | $4,681 | $8,323,948 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | - | Conan the Destroyer | $6,958,872 | - | 1,117 | - | $6,229 | $6,958,872 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $5,741,844 | -26.1% | 1,546 | -54 | $3,714 | $125,963,710 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Bachelor Party | $4,573,530 | - | 1,081 | - | $4,230 | $4,573,530 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Karate Kid | $4,500,861 | -10.6% | 938 | +7 | $4,798 | $12,415,160 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Rhinestone | $3,540,140 | -35.2% | 1,630 | - | $2,171 | $11,541,282 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $3,101,663 | -35.4% | 1,083 | -449 | $2,863 | $59,739,432 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Top Secret! | $2,588,053 | -41.3% | 1,100 | - | $2,352 | $9,272,703 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Natural | $1,492,203 | -27.7% | 702 | -268 | $2,125 | $38,954,488 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | $1,181,274 | -23.5% | 592 | -85 | $1,995 | $3,572,882 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
