| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Pale Rider | $14,520,811 | - | 1,710 | - | $8,491 | $14,520,811 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Cocoon | $12,134,373 | -7.5% | 1,152 | +12 | $10,533 | $25,248,776 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $10,971,880 | -3% | 1,956 | -118 | $5,609 | $111,905,380 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | St. Elmo's Fire | $10,027,814 | - | 1,204 | - | $8,328 | $10,027,814 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Goonies | $7,612,137 | -21.7% | 1,705 | - | $4,464 | $43,662,908 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Fletch | $4,671,355 | -21.5% | 1,099 | -124 | $4,250 | $37,509,685 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Prizzi's Honor | $3,753,790 | -23% | 689 | -33 | $5,448 | $15,111,982 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Back to the Future | $3,592,539 | - | 1,341 | - | $2,679 | $3,592,539 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | Lifeforce | $3,045,505 | -50.9% | 1,515 | -11 | $2,010 | $9,245,331 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Return to Oz | $2,964,766 | -36.5% | 1,196 | -42 | $2,478 | $7,631,481 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | A View to a Kill | $2,919,697 | -25% | 1,037 | -208 | $2,815 | $44,432,940 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Brewster's Millions | $2,263,095 | -16.5% | 931 | -34 | $2,430 | $35,067,267 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Beverly Hills Cop | $1,623,424 | +13.4% | 646 | +63 | $2,513 | $226,832,681 | 31 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
