| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ghostbusters | $3,457,626 | -5.7% | 1,437 | +2 | $2,406 | $197,279,137 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Tightrope | $3,329,118 | -17.2% | 1,377 | -97 | $2,417 | $40,609,078 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Purple Rain | $2,474,970 | -3.1% | 1,019 | -3 | $2,428 | $52,511,403 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Karate Kid | $2,210,145 | -10.1% | 1,086 | +16 | $2,035 | $75,512,142 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Woman in Red | $2,132,776 | -12.6% | 1,005 | -27 | $2,122 | $19,597,511 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $1,984,597 | -9.3% | 908 | -37 | $2,185 | $34,257,675 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Ninja III: The Domination | $1,727,546 | - | 530 | - | $3,259 | $1,727,546 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Red Dawn | $1,503,784 | -19.8% | 960 | -106 | $1,566 | $34,286,783 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Gremlins | $1,441,837 | -10.6% | 1,016 | -34 | $1,419 | $140,690,756 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Exterminator 2 | $1,204,197 | - | 535 | - | $2,250 | $1,204,197 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,065,032 | -6.3% | 666 | -20 | $1,599 | $170,306,545 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Dreamscape | $753,661 | -22.2% | 509 | -58 | $1,480 | $11,251,613 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | A Soldier's Story | $156,383 | - | 5 | - | $31,276 | $156,383 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $126,558 | +14.1% | 60 | +10 | $2,109 | $2,478,962 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
