| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Unfaithfully Yours | $3,774,126 | - | 820 | - | $4,602 | $3,774,126 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $2,277,981 | -25.2% | 847 | -23 | $2,689 | $72,704,975 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Silkwood | $1,891,522 | -29% | 843 | +4 | $2,243 | $27,741,234 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Never Cry Wolf | $1,634,886 | -28.4% | 503 | +1 | $3,250 | $18,768,049 | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Reckless | $1,621,488 | -33.7% | 899 | +2 | $1,803 | $4,710,604 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 10 | Angel | $1,321,279 | -1.6% | 490 | +15 | $2,696 | $8,730,002 | 5 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Sudden Impact | $1,111,692 | -22.7% | 773 | -146 | $1,438 | $63,670,695 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $1,088,761 | -32.4% | 916 | -121 | $1,188 | $16,104,820 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Weekend Pass | $1,031,039 | -29% | 421 | +22 | $2,449 | $3,144,104 | 2 | Crown | false | false |
| 10 | 12 | Scarface | $1,020,780 | -18.8% | 477 | -58 | $2,140 | $37,248,780 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Yentl | $1,006,136 | -31.8% | 655 | -86 | $1,536 | $34,336,852 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Star 80 | $943,346 | -33.6% | 479 | -23 | $1,969 | $5,163,982 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Uncommon Valor | $923,917 | -18.7% | 745 | -58 | $1,240 | $27,901,480 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Big Chill | $735,765 | -16.7% | 584 | -28 | $1,259 | $52,434,893 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Broadway Danny Rose | $729,758 | -19.9% | 110 | +1 | $6,634 | $3,184,993 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Right Stuff | $195,817 | - | 87 | - | $2,250 | - | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $115,198 | -21.7% | 97 | -19 | $1,187 | $251,983,141 | 38 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Dresser | $26,877 | - | 3 | - | $8,959 | $559,088 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
