| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ghostbusters | $4,364,234 | -7.3% | 1,437 | +2 | $3,037 | $198,185,745 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Tightrope | $4,255,493 | -19.1% | 1,377 | -97 | $3,090 | $41,535,453 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Purple Rain | $3,353,959 | -3.8% | 1,019 | -3 | $3,291 | $53,390,392 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | The Karate Kid | $2,975,412 | +3.5% | 1,086 | +16 | $2,739 | $76,277,409 | 13 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Woman in Red | $2,779,750 | -12.1% | 1,005 | -27 | $2,765 | $20,244,485 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,532,429 | -10.6% | 908 | -37 | $2,789 | $34,805,507 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | - | Ninja III: The Domination | $2,257,127 | - | 530 | - | $4,258 | $2,257,127 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Red Dawn | $1,930,825 | -22.4% | 960 | -106 | $2,011 | $34,713,824 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Gremlins | $1,824,490 | -11.5% | 1,016 | -34 | $1,795 | $141,073,409 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Exterminator 2 | $1,550,183 | - | 535 | - | $2,897 | $1,550,183 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,377,820 | -8.7% | 666 | -20 | $2,068 | $170,619,333 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Dreamscape | $986,644 | -22.6% | 509 | -58 | $1,938 | $11,484,596 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | A Soldier's Story | $251,254 | - | 5 | - | $50,250 | $251,254 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $171,688 | +9.7% | 60 | +10 | $2,861 | $2,524,092 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
