| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $11,136,134 | -0.1% | 1,469 | +5 | $7,580 | $99,651,245 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gremlins | $8,618,360 | -4.5% | 1,511 | - | $5,703 | $85,262,438 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Cannonball Run II | $5,429,330 | -34.8% | 1,845 | +67 | $2,942 | $18,313,385 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 7 | The Karate Kid | $5,294,234 | +17.6% | 934 | -4 | $5,668 | $21,197,972 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Bachelor Party | $5,222,559 | +14.2% | 1,276 | +195 | $4,092 | $12,777,381 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $5,106,489 | -11.1% | 1,311 | -235 | $3,895 | $134,941,133 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Conan the Destroyer | $4,695,352 | -32.5% | 1,249 | +132 | $3,759 | $15,414,817 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $2,601,086 | -16.1% | 1,042 | -41 | $2,496 | $64,378,143 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Rhinestone | $2,434,941 | -31.2% | 1,241 | -389 | $1,962 | $16,057,382 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Top Secret! | $2,211,770 | -14.5% | 978 | -122 | $2,261 | $13,178,819 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | The Natural | $1,576,403 | +5.6% | 807 | +105 | $1,953 | $41,135,310 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Romancing the Stone | $1,113,711 | - | 627 | - | $1,776 | - | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
