| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | Tootsie | $4,252,876 | +3.4% | 1,092 | +43 | $3,894 | $152,612,613 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Spring Break | $4,033,518 | -34.3% | 1,463 | -68 | $2,757 | $18,642,331 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Outsiders | $3,814,407 | -31% | 1,002 | +173 | $3,806 | $16,593,785 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | High Road to China | $3,179,636 | -31.7% | 1,162 | -259 | $2,736 | $21,558,079 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 10 | Gandhi | $3,165,395 | +44.3% | 805 | +310 | $3,932 | $39,620,600 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Max Dugan Returns | $3,081,891 | -14.4% | 763 | -38 | $4,039 | $10,497,526 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Meaning of Life | $2,705,546 | -13.8% | 330 | +73 | $8,198 | $5,844,829 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,144,166 | +28.2% | 836 | +158 | $2,564 | $342,606,287 | 44 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Bad Boys | $1,695,636 | -31.8% | 458 | -26 | $3,702 | $7,296,636 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | The Sword in the Stone | $1,680,713 | -46.7% | 614 | -127 | $2,737 | $8,125,902 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 14 | My Tutor | $1,076,532 | +225.6% | 201 | +123 | $5,355 | $3,578,841 | 6 | Crown | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Verdict | $1,016,899 | - | 452 | - | $2,249 | $52,043,478 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Black Stallion Returns | $979,312 | -65.4% | 830 | -546 | $1,179 | $8,053,624 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Local Hero | $363,662 | - | 41 | - | $8,869 | $972,714 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
