| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Terminator | $4,020,663 | - | 1,005 | - | $4,000 | $4,020,663 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Terror in the Aisles | $4,009,866 | - | 1,127 | - | $3,558 | $4,009,866 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Body Double | $2,837,978 | - | 1,428 | - | $1,987 | $2,837,978 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Places in the Heart | $2,788,330 | -11% | 790 | +31 | $3,529 | $16,811,317 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Thief of Hearts | $2,009,585 | -35% | 1,200 | - | $1,674 | $6,117,363 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 1 | Teachers | $1,730,224 | -49.8% | 1,005 | -406 | $1,721 | $20,068,091 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | - | Firstborn | $1,606,214 | - | 800 | - | $2,007 | $1,606,214 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | American Dreamer | $1,580,990 | - | 801 | - | $1,973 | $1,580,990 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | The Little Drummer Girl | $1,515,759 | -42.4% | 810 | -10 | $1,871 | $5,029,550 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | All of Me | $1,418,700 | -45.4% | 785 | -333 | $1,807 | $28,169,599 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | A Soldier's Story | $1,319,685 | -16.4% | 316 | +27 | $4,176 | $9,032,228 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | The Razor's Edge | $1,250,962 | -48.1% | 1,029 | -7 | $1,215 | $4,363,411 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Ghostbusters | $1,058,105 | -32.7% | 753 | -137 | $1,405 | $212,640,893 | 21 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Amadeus | $866,772 | -7.5% | 110 | -14 | $7,879 | $6,224,740 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $134,784 | -46.3% | 61 | -38 | $2,209 | $4,192,357 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
