| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Easy Money | $9,140,179 | - | 1,130 | - | $8,088 | $9,140,179 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 3 | Risky Business | $8,170,218 | +4.2% | 891 | +198 | $9,169 | $23,240,526 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Mr. Mom | $7,046,795 | - | 734 | +473 | $9,600 | $13,967,307 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Vacation | $6,177,046 | -34.5% | 1,252 | -1 | $4,933 | $40,513,708 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Cujo | $5,314,720 | -41.6% | 1,293 | +54 | $4,110 | $14,415,530 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $5,081,560 | -19.9% | 1,284 | -231 | $3,957 | $224,537,134 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Staying Alive | $2,897,982 | -28.7% | 818 | -180 | $3,542 | $54,516,834 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Yor: The Hunter from the Future | $2,810,199 | - | 1,425 | - | $1,972 | $2,810,199 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | $2,791,000 | - | 549 | - | $5,083 | $2,791,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | Trading Places | $2,789,786 | -23.6% | 785 | -95 | $3,553 | $76,333,087 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Flashdance | $2,455,514 | +7.6% | 658 | +68 | $3,731 | $76,960,907 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | WarGames | $2,274,794 | -21.2% | 816 | -26 | $2,787 | $64,576,866 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez | $22,110 | - | 1 | - | $22,110 | $22,110 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
