| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Back to the Future | $11,152,500 | - | 1,420 | - | $7,853 | $14,745,039 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Pale Rider | $7,032,807 | -22.9% | 1,710 | - | $4,112 | $21,553,618 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $6,428,108 | -7.6% | 1,820 | -136 | $3,531 | $118,333,488 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Cocoon | $6,333,285 | -13.8% | 1,163 | +11 | $5,445 | $31,582,061 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Emerald Forest | $4,345,150 | - | 1,110 | - | $3,914 | $4,345,150 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | St. Elmo's Fire | $4,060,207 | -33.7% | 1,207 | +3 | $3,363 | $14,088,021 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Goonies | $3,900,191 | -15.6% | 1,673 | -32 | $2,331 | $47,563,099 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Fletch | $2,376,150 | -21.6% | 1,022 | -77 | $2,325 | $39,885,835 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Red Sonja | $2,263,553 | - | 1,091 | - | $2,074 | $2,263,553 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | Prizzi's Honor | $2,049,597 | -15.8% | 660 | -29 | $3,105 | $17,161,579 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | A View to a Kill | $1,234,570 | -29.2% | 841 | -196 | $1,467 | $45,667,510 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Lifeforce | $1,225,600 | -50.9% | 805 | -710 | $1,522 | $10,470,931 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Brewster's Millions | $1,017,500 | -24.5% | 740 | -191 | $1,375 | $36,084,767 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Return to Oz | $984,649 | -48.4% | 748 | -448 | $1,316 | $8,616,130 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
