| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $11,676,295 | +42.1% | 1,706 | -116 | $6,844 | $144,808,901 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 16 | The Killing Fields | $4,411,975 | +439.1% | 657 | +581 | $6,715 | $8,310,963 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | A Passage to India | $4,134,121 | +103.3% | 639 | +348 | $6,469 | $10,662,743 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Falcon and the Snowman | $3,127,668 | +32.6% | 265 | - | $11,802 | $5,486,514 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Micki + Maude | $2,162,873 | +22.7% | 806 | -23 | $2,683 | $22,856,975 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 19 | Tuff Turf | $2,152,965 | +242.3% | 653 | +319 | $3,297 | $5,690,697 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | The Flamingo Kid | $1,833,186 | +12.5% | 698 | -31 | $2,626 | $20,516,333 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 11 | Starman | $1,636,602 | +25.1% | 614 | -139 | $2,665 | $25,817,987 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Protocol | $1,544,918 | +12.9% | 673 | -116 | $2,295 | $23,973,496 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Heavenly Bodies | $1,503,251 | - | 1,504 | - | $999 | $1,503,251 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 11 | 12 | The Cotton Club | $1,299,321 | +5.2% | 490 | -164 | $2,651 | $24,192,212 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The River | $356,888 | -73.8% | 812 | - | $439 | $7,993,907 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
