| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mr. Mom | $9,562,969 | +2.5% | 1,362 | +127 | $7,021 | $32,858,646 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Risky Business | $7,573,544 | +4.5% | 1,119 | +30 | $6,768 | $38,059,375 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Easy Money | $4,861,415 | -24.7% | 1,112 | -59 | $4,371 | $20,455,041 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Vacation | $4,760,228 | -2.4% | 1,248 | +2 | $3,814 | $50,149,885 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $4,146,604 | -1.5% | 957 | -221 | $4,332 | $232,894,136 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Hercules | $2,871,626 | -37.2% | 1,014 | +13 | $2,831 | $7,446,762 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Flashdance | $2,622,699 | +9.9% | 860 | +68 | $3,049 | $81,970,987 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Trading Places | $2,424,903 | +8.9% | 750 | +18 | $3,233 | $80,984,643 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Staying Alive | $2,118,218 | +5.5% | 755 | -6 | $2,805 | $58,642,070 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Strange Brew | $2,100,422 | -27.2% | 722 | -127 | $2,909 | $4,985,674 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | WarGames | $2,092,177 | +10.7% | 849 | +28 | $2,464 | $68,559,143 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Cujo | $1,976,824 | -28.9% | 813 | -212 | $2,431 | $19,173,604 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | - | Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | $1,452,000 | - | 1,119 | - | $1,297 | $5,170,000 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Deathstalker | $511,115 | - | 166 | - | $3,079 | $511,115 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
