| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tootsie | $5,649,177 | -15.1% | 1,221 | +5 | $4,626 | $129,931,724 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gandhi | $3,254,649 | -10.9% | 766 | +32 | $4,248 | $26,163,813 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Lords of Discipline | $2,322,057 | -22.2% | 800 | - | $2,902 | $8,960,942 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | 48 Hrs. | $2,149,056 | -10.2% | 800 | -106 | $2,686 | $62,561,287 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Vigilante | $2,062,940 | - | 250 | - | $8,251 | $2,062,940 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Sophie's Choice | $2,060,000 | -8.9% | 519 | +24 | $3,969 | $17,509,000 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Lovesick | $1,924,850 | -19.9% | 712 | -32 | $2,703 | $7,932,361 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | The Verdict | $1,531,425 | -8.7% | 626 | -29 | $2,446 | $47,412,368 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,324,968 | -25.1% | 610 | -113 | $2,172 | $336,080,296 | 39 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Year of Living Dangerously | $1,199,284 | -27% | 290 | -389 | $4,135 | $5,057,174 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Man from Snowy River | $1,173,402 | - | 500 | - | $2,346 | $15,066,744 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | They Call Me Bruce | $1,025,842 | - | 291 | - | $3,525 | $11,471,804 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 13 | - | My Tutor | $601,927 | - | 96 | - | $6,270 | $601,927 | 1 | Crown | true | false |
| 14 | - | Tender Mercies | $67,096 | - | 3 | - | $22,365 | $67,096 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Baby It's You | $17,744 | - | 1 | - | $17,744 | $17,744 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
