| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $9,761,392 | -12.3% | 1,470 | +1 | $6,640 | $115,635,510 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gremlins | $6,171,855 | -28.4% | 1,537 | +26 | $4,015 | $95,991,068 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Last Starfighter | $6,011,695 | - | 1,287 | - | $4,671 | $6,011,695 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Karate Kid | $4,763,399 | -10% | 1,031 | +97 | $4,620 | $28,607,858 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $4,416,022 | - | 1,261 | - | $3,502 | $4,416,022 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $4,104,665 | -19.6% | 1,287 | -24 | $3,189 | $141,729,774 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Bachelor Party | $4,071,012 | -22% | 1,189 | -87 | $3,423 | $19,547,636 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Cannonball Run II | $2,743,475 | -49.5% | 1,519 | -326 | $1,806 | $23,298,539 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Conan the Destroyer | $2,584,614 | -45% | 1,059 | -190 | $2,440 | $20,049,916 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $1,800,411 | -30.8% | 884 | -158 | $2,036 | $67,458,579 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Rhinestone | $1,341,420 | -44.9% | 869 | -372 | $1,543 | $18,574,256 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Top Secret! | $1,251,314 | -43.4% | 684 | -294 | $1,829 | $15,532,908 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Natural | $1,014,338 | -35.7% | 672 | -135 | $1,509 | $42,767,283 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Romancing the Stone | $1,003,947 | -9.9% | 594 | -33 | $1,690 | $69,570,644 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
