| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $25,254,586 | +9% | 1,479 | +140 | $17,075 | $48,421,923 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gremlins | $22,487,211 | +7.8% | 1,511 | - | $14,882 | $43,345,132 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $14,082,954 | -20.1% | 1,685 | - | $8,357 | $108,453,648 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $10,167,675 | -27.6% | 1,907 | -59 | $5,331 | $49,446,432 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Beat Street | $4,209,549 | -39.5% | 1,336 | -44 | $3,150 | $11,164,180 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Natural | $3,524,610 | +1.8% | 992 | +10 | $3,553 | $34,667,123 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Romancing the Stone | $2,572,150 | +12.5% | 910 | +25 | $2,826 | $63,142,615 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Police Academy | $2,093,349 | +34.5% | 950 | +139 | $2,203 | $76,221,558 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Breakin' | $1,730,711 | -4% | 853 | -21 | $2,028 | $31,012,546 | 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 10 | 13 | Sixteen Candles | $1,107,000 | -3% | 622 | +97 | $1,779 | $19,876,000 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Footloose | $743,987 | -36% | 585 | +19 | $1,271 | $75,846,770 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Streets of Fire | $632,150 | -61.1% | 470 | -585 | $1,345 | $5,595,150 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Under the Volcano | $71,294 | - | 1 | - | $71,294 | $71,294 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
