| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Natural | $7,233,718 | - | 989 | - | $7,314 | $7,233,718 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Breakin' | $6,277,858 | -18.2% | 1,121 | +52 | $5,600 | $13,951,190 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 3 | - | Firestarter | $6,260,000 | - | 1,356 | - | $4,616 | $6,260,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Romancing the Stone | $4,184,745 | -18% | 1,024 | -20 | $4,086 | $45,462,893 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Sixteen Candles | $4,035,000 | -23.5% | 1,245 | +5 | $3,240 | $9,310,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Police Academy | $3,536,353 | -22.8% | 1,318 | -134 | $2,683 | $63,128,771 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Hardbodies | $2,514,703 | -26.4% | 1,594 | +56 | $1,577 | $5,932,088 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $2,008,064 | -26.2% | 838 | -101 | $2,396 | $38,134,592 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Footloose | $1,704,499 | -20.6% | 876 | -46 | $1,945 | $68,320,134 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Moscow on the Hudson | $1,694,504 | -24.3% | 635 | -4 | $2,668 | $20,513,629 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Splash | $1,663,764 | -31.6% | 723 | -171 | $2,301 | $57,294,029 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | The Bounty | $1,527,578 | -64.1% | 860 | -126 | $1,776 | $5,780,092 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
