| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Creepshow | $9,391,174 | - | 1,127 | - | $8,332 | $9,391,174 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | First Blood | $4,695,578 | -22.9% | 896 | -6 | $5,240 | $26,587,778 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $3,712,568 | -11.9% | 1,136 | +26 | $3,268 | $287,476,191 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $3,363,098 | -13.4% | 977 | -21 | $3,442 | $91,391,982 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Missionary | $1,688,485 | -34.5% | 528 | -4 | $3,197 | $4,267,482 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Class Reunion | $1,430,471 | -52.3% | 831 | -294 | $1,721 | $8,634,604 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | My Favorite Year | $1,399,802 | -21.9% | 544 | -15 | $2,573 | $13,418,690 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | They Call Me Bruce | $1,339,184 | - | 165 | - | $8,116 | $1,339,184 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Man from Snowy River | $1,095,502 | -26.3% | 199 | +41 | $5,505 | $2,581,823 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Monsignor | $1,088,612 | -46.4% | 526 | -198 | $2,069 | $10,942,606 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Poltergeist | $282,520 | -48.9% | 288 | -35 | $980 | $73,935,350 | 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $264,830 | -34.2% | 180 | -41 | $1,471 | $14,315,550 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | Five Days One Summer | $67,525 | - | 6 | - | $11,254 | $67,525 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
