| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Police Academy | $9,485,197 | -11.7% | 1,358 | +295 | $6,984 | $32,093,133 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $7,385,995 | -17.2% | 774 | +21 | $9,542 | $16,309,971 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Romancing the Stone | $7,118,116 | +2% | 836 | +13 | $8,514 | $14,093,915 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Splash | $5,460,902 | -24.1% | 1,068 | -10 | $5,113 | $38,536,999 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Moscow on the Hudson | $4,588,369 | - | 618 | - | $7,424 | $4,588,369 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Where the Boys Are | $4,550,740 | - | 1,414 | - | $3,218 | $4,550,740 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | Up the Creek | $4,110,335 | - | 1,346 | - | $3,053 | $4,110,335 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | Hard to Hold | $4,092,000 | - | 1,017 | - | $4,023 | $4,092,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Footloose | $3,821,937 | -28.3% | 1,272 | -88 | $3,004 | $54,510,143 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Terms of Endearment | $1,782,444 | +39% | 509 | -36 | $3,501 | $95,209,569 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Against All Odds | $1,260,758 | -39.4% | 539 | -202 | $2,339 | $19,213,981 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Racing with the Moon | $1,019,671 | -37.4% | 372 | -17 | $2,741 | $5,027,574 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | This Is Spinal Tap | $209,526 | -12.9% | 31 | +5 | $6,758 | $793,827 | 6 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
