| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Police Academy | $8,061,398 | -5.9% | 1,063 | - | $7,583 | $19,925,138 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $6,517,732 | - | 753 | - | $8,655 | $6,517,732 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Splash | $5,584,853 | -16.2% | 1,078 | +60 | $5,180 | $31,461,937 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Romancing the Stone | $5,105,741 | - | 823 | - | $6,203 | $5,105,741 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Footloose | $4,166,896 | -5.7% | 1,360 | - | $3,063 | $49,528,265 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Against All Odds | $1,668,891 | -24.8% | 741 | -120 | $2,252 | $17,541,162 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Tank | $1,501,500 | -47.5% | 1,050 | -245 | $1,430 | $10,136,500 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Ice Pirates | $1,499,406 | -48.4% | 1,012 | -162 | $1,481 | $10,635,359 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Children of the Corn | $1,427,770 | -17% | 556 | -94 | $2,567 | $9,122,318 | 4 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Racing with the Moon | $1,277,091 | -29.2% | 389 | - | $3,283 | $3,655,991 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Misunderstood | $916,967 | - | 741 | - | $1,237 | $916,967 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Terms of Endearment | $899,275 | -28.5% | 545 | -185 | $1,650 | $93,044,379 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | This Is Spinal Tap | $190,726 | +91.9% | 26 | +16 | $7,335 | $534,560 | 5 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
