| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $7,143,280 | -13.1% | 1,706 | -116 | $4,187 | $140,275,886 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 16 | The Killing Fields | $3,019,640 | +268.9% | 657 | +581 | $4,596 | $6,918,628 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | A Passage to India | $2,522,842 | +24.1% | 639 | +348 | $3,948 | $9,051,464 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 20 | Tuff Turf | $1,828,406 | +190.7% | 653 | +319 | $2,800 | $5,366,138 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Falcon and the Snowman | $1,775,498 | -24.7% | 265 | - | $6,699 | $4,134,344 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Micki + Maude | $1,426,927 | -19% | 806 | -23 | $1,770 | $22,121,029 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Amadeus | $1,296,953 | - | 514 | - | $2,523 | - | 20 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Flamingo Kid | $1,214,077 | -25.5% | 698 | -31 | $1,739 | $19,897,224 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | Heavenly Bodies | $1,114,635 | - | 1,504 | - | $741 | $1,114,635 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 10 | 11 | Starman | $1,047,979 | -19.9% | 614 | -139 | $1,706 | $25,229,364 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Protocol | $967,101 | -29.3% | 673 | -116 | $1,437 | $23,395,679 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The River | $824,765 | -39.5% | 812 | - | $1,015 | $8,461,784 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Cotton Club | $688,853 | -39.3% | 490 | -164 | $1,405 | $23,581,744 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
