| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Never Say Never Again | $9,541,370 | -27.7% | 1,560 | +10 | $6,116 | $22,729,447 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Big Chill | $4,408,756 | -13.5% | 727 | +4 | $6,064 | $14,603,859 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Mr. Mom | $2,286,201 | -17.2% | 1,118 | -68 | $2,044 | $55,865,765 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Risky Business | $1,951,121 | -16.3% | 1,035 | -35 | $1,885 | $56,406,213 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Romantic Comedy | $1,747,983 | -37.5% | 899 | -12 | $1,944 | $4,543,633 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Brainstorm | $1,438,552 | -2.8% | 276 | +98 | $5,212 | $4,542,229 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Revenge of the Ninja | $1,018,492 | -33.1% | 504 | - | $2,020 | $9,874,007 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Vacation | $867,741 | -26.4% | 704 | -163 | $1,232 | $60,916,563 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 12 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $821,325 | -13.5% | 293 | -13 | $2,803 | $241,161,010 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Deathstalker | $756,908 | - | - | - | - | $4,701,018 | 7 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | Zelig | $727,338 | -20.9% | 242 | -3 | $3,005 | $9,961,810 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Flashdance | $724,676 | -31.3% | 620 | -4 | $1,168 | $90,463,574 | 27 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Trading Places | $542,383 | -45.9% | 509 | -181 | $1,065 | $88,621,914 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
