| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $15,767,165 | -9.2% | 1,470 | +1 | $10,725 | $121,641,283 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Gremlins | $10,188,198 | -22.7% | 1,537 | +26 | $6,628 | $100,007,411 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Last Starfighter | $9,040,664 | - | 1,287 | - | $7,024 | $9,040,664 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $8,332,688 | - | 1,261 | - | $6,608 | $8,332,688 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Karate Kid | $7,875,860 | -0.8% | 1,031 | +97 | $7,639 | $31,720,319 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $6,500,043 | -16.6% | 1,287 | -24 | $5,050 | $144,125,152 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Bachelor Party | $6,454,620 | -18.5% | 1,189 | -87 | $5,428 | $21,931,244 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Cannonball Run II | $4,122,646 | -46.3% | 1,519 | -326 | $2,714 | $24,677,710 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Conan the Destroyer | $3,976,244 | -41.1% | 1,059 | -190 | $3,754 | $21,441,546 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $2,778,242 | -28.4% | 884 | -158 | $3,142 | $68,436,410 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Rhinestone | $2,065,684 | -42.8% | 869 | -372 | $2,377 | $19,298,520 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Top Secret! | $2,026,786 | -38.9% | 684 | -294 | $2,963 | $16,308,380 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Romancing the Stone | $1,638,609 | - | 594 | -33 | $2,758 | $70,205,306 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Natural | $1,448,849 | -34% | 672 | -135 | $2,156 | $43,201,794 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
