| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 8 | Back to the Future | $18,433,091 | +413.1% | 1,420 | +79 | $12,981 | $22,025,630 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Pale Rider | $9,963,935 | -31.4% | 1,710 | - | $5,826 | $24,484,746 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Cocoon | $9,467,761 | -22% | 1,163 | +11 | $8,140 | $34,716,537 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $9,058,295 | -17.4% | 1,820 | -136 | $4,977 | $120,963,675 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Emerald Forest | $7,666,493 | - | 1,110 | - | $6,906 | $7,666,493 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | St. Elmo's Fire | $6,190,708 | -38.3% | 1,207 | +3 | $5,129 | $16,218,522 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Goonies | $5,894,953 | -22.6% | 1,673 | -32 | $3,523 | $49,557,861 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Red Sonja | $4,690,605 | - | 1,091 | - | $4,299 | $4,690,605 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Fletch | $3,373,748 | -27.8% | 1,022 | -77 | $3,301 | $40,883,433 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Prizzi's Honor | $2,826,957 | -24.7% | 660 | -29 | $4,283 | $17,938,939 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | A View to a Kill | $1,812,100 | -37.9% | 841 | -196 | $2,154 | $46,245,040 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Return to Oz | $1,583,172 | -46.6% | 748 | -448 | $2,116 | $9,214,653 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Lifeforce | $1,350,600 | -55.7% | 805 | -710 | $1,677 | $10,595,931 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Brewster's Millions | $1,017,500 | -55% | 740 | -191 | $1,375 | $36,084,767 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
