| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $11,514,444 | -24.3% | 1,532 | - | $7,515 | $36,483,317 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Dune | $6,025,091 | - | 915 | - | $6,584 | $6,025,091 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | City Heat | $4,313,253 | -31.6% | 1,393 | - | $3,096 | $12,727,736 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | $4,138,514 | -44% | 1,126 | - | $3,675 | $13,842,640 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Cotton Club | $2,903,603 | - | 808 | - | $3,593 | $2,903,603 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Starman | $2,872,022 | - | 1,261 | - | $2,277 | $2,872,022 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | Runaway | $1,198,279 | - | 720 | - | $1,664 | $1,198,279 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Terminator | $955,973 | -33.6% | 938 | -85 | $1,019 | $32,838,673 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Falling in Love | $782,347 | +18.4% | 701 | +396 | $1,116 | $7,309,273 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Missing in Action | $762,343 | -41.3% | 970 | -204 | $785 | $21,325,720 | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Supergirl | $402,194 | -56.8% | 601 | -403 | $669 | $12,532,242 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Amadeus | $399,321 | -37.1% | 244 | -93 | $1,636 | $16,691,352 | 13 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Ghostbusters | $240,776 | -33.2% | 329 | -102 | $731 | $219,719,235 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Passage to India | $84,580 | - | 3 | - | $28,193 | $84,580 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Killing Fields | $33,530 | -40.5% | 3 | - | $11,176 | $631,359 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | 1984 | $29,897 | - | 1 | - | $29,897 | $29,897 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
