| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Police Academy | $10,744,196 | -9.4% | 1,063 | - | $10,107 | $22,607,936 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $8,923,976 | - | 753 | - | $11,851 | $8,923,976 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Splash | $7,199,013 | -16.9% | 1,078 | +60 | $6,678 | $33,076,097 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Romancing the Stone | $6,975,799 | - | 823 | - | $8,476 | $6,975,799 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Footloose | $5,326,837 | -7.9% | 1,360 | - | $3,916 | $50,688,206 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Against All Odds | $2,080,952 | -29.2% | 741 | -120 | $2,808 | $17,953,223 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Ice Pirates | $1,910,784 | -47.2% | 1,012 | -162 | $1,888 | $11,046,737 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Tank | $1,889,000 | -46.2% | 1,050 | -245 | $1,799 | $10,524,000 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Children of the Corn | $1,779,720 | -11.5% | 556 | -94 | $3,200 | $9,474,268 | 4 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Racing with the Moon | $1,629,003 | -31.5% | 389 | - | $4,187 | $4,007,903 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Terms of Endearment | $1,282,021 | -26.3% | 545 | -185 | $2,352 | $93,427,125 | 20 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Misunderstood | $1,165,186 | - | 741 | - | $1,572 | $1,165,186 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 13 | 14 | This Is Spinal Tap | $240,467 | +67.7% | 26 | +16 | $9,248 | $584,301 | 5 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
