| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vacation | $9,425,903 | -17.2% | 1,253 | +23 | $7,522 | $34,336,662 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Cujo | $9,100,810 | - | 1,239 | - | $7,345 | $9,100,810 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Risky Business | $7,843,920 | +8.5% | 693 | +23 | $11,318 | $15,070,308 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $6,340,956 | -20.3% | 1,515 | -249 | $4,185 | $219,455,574 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Staying Alive | $4,065,278 | -31.5% | 998 | -382 | $4,073 | $51,618,852 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Trading Places | $3,653,053 | -10.1% | 880 | -65 | $4,151 | $73,543,301 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Jaws 3-D | $3,034,026 | -48.3% | 958 | -283 | $3,167 | $40,058,026 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | WarGames | $2,887,368 | -2.7% | 842 | -20 | $3,429 | $62,302,072 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Krull | $2,765,990 | -45.2% | 881 | -408 | $3,139 | $15,839,744 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Curse of the Pink Panther | $2,533,434 | - | 812 | - | $3,119 | $2,533,434 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 11 | - | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | $2,331,934 | - | 498 | - | $4,682 | $2,331,934 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 12 | Flashdance | $2,281,283 | -7.9% | 590 | -87 | $3,866 | $74,505,393 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Man Who Wasn't There | $2,064,900 | - | 980 | - | $2,107 | $2,064,900 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Class | $2,030,078 | -32.1% | 595 | -194 | $3,411 | $16,775,105 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | The Star Chamber | $1,842,073 | -39.2% | 716 | -80 | $2,572 | $4,872,245 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Octopussy | $1,691,580 | -29% | 699 | -213 | $2,420 | $60,012,352 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 17 | 8 | Private School | $1,553,065 | -58.1% | 531 | -452 | $2,924 | $11,895,065 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
