| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Splash | $8,428,490 | - | 829 | - | $10,167 | $8,428,490 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Footloose | $7,079,832 | -9.2% | 1,384 | - | $5,115 | $33,194,468 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Against All Odds | $4,424,795 | -10.3% | 979 | +3 | $4,519 | $9,358,750 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Terms of Endearment | $2,635,168 | -7.3% | 958 | -156 | $2,750 | $88,188,397 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Children of the Corn | $2,615,826 | - | 350 | - | $7,473 | $2,615,826 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Blame It on Rio | $2,579,620 | -23.3% | 908 | -194 | $2,840 | $14,369,346 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Lassiter | $2,108,491 | -26% | 841 | -104 | $2,507 | $14,640,242 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Unfaithfully Yours | $2,080,303 | -22.1% | 720 | -49 | $2,889 | $16,672,735 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Weekend Pass | $1,962,240 | +0.6% | 422 | -53 | $4,649 | $10,122,922 | 6 | Crown | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Harry & Son | $1,560,347 | -35.9% | 887 | -33 | $1,759 | $3,993,168 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Hotel New Hampshire | $1,462,644 | - | 244 | - | $5,994 | $1,462,644 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Angel | $1,204,687 | -8.7% | 459 | +51 | $2,624 | $14,867,694 | 9 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Dresser | $764,703 | - | 241 | +8 | $3,173 | $3,349,499 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Right Stuff | $578,616 | -49.7% | 454 | -112 | $1,274 | $21,192,102 | 21 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | Mike's Murder | $303,552 | - | 80 | - | $3,794 | $303,552 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | 15 | This Is Spinal Tap | $69,552 | +61.3% | 4 | +1 | $17,388 | $112,677 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
