| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Terminator | $4,219,463 | +4.9% | 1,112 | +107 | $3,794 | $9,780,393 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Places in the Heart | $2,532,800 | -9.2% | 864 | +74 | $2,931 | $19,679,440 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Body Double | $2,387,024 | -15.9% | 1,418 | -10 | $1,683 | $6,048,310 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Terror in the Aisles | $2,171,747 | -45.8% | 1,134 | +7 | $1,915 | $7,128,747 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 11 | A Soldier's Story | $2,140,140 | +62.2% | 580 | +264 | $3,689 | $11,546,133 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Teachers | $1,901,233 | +9.9% | 978 | -27 | $1,944 | $22,429,674 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Firstborn | $1,625,572 | +1.2% | 929 | +129 | $1,749 | $3,642,878 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | All of Me | $1,589,021 | +12% | 924 | +139 | $1,719 | $29,980,021 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | American Dreamer | $1,430,686 | -9.5% | 762 | -39 | $1,877 | $3,433,534 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Thief of Hearts | $1,418,301 | -29.4% | 880 | -320 | $1,611 | $8,110,245 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | Ghostbusters | $1,216,256 | +14.9% | 780 | +27 | $1,559 | $214,191,229 | 22 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Little Drummer Girl | $1,007,744 | -33.5% | 532 | -278 | $1,894 | $6,470,132 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Amadeus | $887,477 | +2.4% | 107 | -3 | $8,294 | $7,519,419 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $167,913 | +24.6% | 76 | +15 | $2,209 | $4,403,966 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Killing Fields | $32,181 | - | 1 | - | $32,181 | $32,181 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
