| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Unfaithfully Yours | $4,902,877 | - | 820 | - | $5,979 | $4,902,877 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $3,031,864 | -21.9% | 847 | -23 | $3,579 | $73,458,858 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Silkwood | $2,432,773 | -27.4% | 843 | +4 | $2,885 | $28,282,485 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Reckless | $2,103,639 | -31.9% | 899 | +2 | $2,339 | $5,192,755 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,071,982 | -25.1% | 503 | +1 | $4,119 | $19,205,145 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Weekend Pass | $1,606,266 | -24% | 421 | +22 | $3,815 | $3,719,331 | 2 | Crown | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Sudden Impact | $1,489,416 | -21% | 773 | -146 | $1,926 | $64,048,419 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 13 | Angel | $1,435,363 | -0.5% | 490 | +15 | $2,929 | $8,844,086 | 5 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $1,409,687 | -29.6% | 916 | -121 | $1,538 | $16,425,746 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Yentl | $1,361,466 | -29.6% | 655 | -86 | $2,078 | $34,692,182 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Scarface | $1,285,554 | -15.8% | 477 | -58 | $2,695 | $37,513,554 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Star 80 | $1,160,820 | -37.8% | 479 | -23 | $2,423 | $5,381,456 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | The Big Chill | $981,342 | -11.6% | 584 | -28 | $1,680 | $52,680,470 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Broadway Danny Rose | $942,672 | -19.9% | 110 | +1 | $8,569 | $3,397,907 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Uncommon Valor | $923,917 | -38.2% | 745 | -58 | $1,240 | $27,901,480 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Dresser | $40,039 | - | 3 | - | $13,346 | $572,250 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
