| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $5,114,137 | -12.7% | 1,482 | -33 | $3,450 | $174,566,062 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Witness | $4,791,953 | -7.2% | 1,165 | +208 | $4,113 | $25,598,419 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Missing in Action 2: The Beginning | $3,868,515 | - | 1,336 | - | $2,895 | $3,868,515 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Breakfast Club | $3,622,950 | -15% | 1,074 | -44 | $3,373 | $14,839,440 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Sure Thing | $3,124,782 | - | 1,115 | - | $2,802 | $3,124,782 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Killing Fields | $1,780,982 | -20% | 651 | -7 | $2,735 | $20,996,482 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Vision Quest | $1,702,651 | -19.2% | 828 | -165 | $2,056 | $7,598,641 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | A Passage to India | $1,393,859 | -16.9% | 541 | -104 | $2,576 | $20,593,285 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | 1984 | $1,299,030 | - | 265 | - | $4,902 | $3,231,233 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Falcon and the Snowman | $1,005,561 | -22.4% | 602 | -113 | $1,670 | $13,571,250 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Amadeus | $1,000,472 | -8.5% | 435 | -43 | $2,299 | $30,133,694 | 24 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Tuff Turf | $747,364 | - | 456 | - | $1,638 | - | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Purple Rose of Cairo | $114,095 | - | 3 | - | $38,031 | $114,095 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | - | A Private Function | $25,333 | - | 1 | - | $25,333 | $25,333 | 1 | Island Alive | true | false |
