| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $4,943,439 | - | 1,411 | - | $3,503 | $4,943,439 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Never Say Never Again | $4,911,567 | -34.1% | 1,457 | -95 | $3,371 | $35,088,864 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Dead Zone | $3,996,439 | -33.2% | 1,286 | -7 | $3,107 | $9,980,000 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Big Chill | $3,582,051 | -13.7% | 808 | +83 | $4,433 | $22,336,324 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | All the Right Moves | $2,371,302 | +1.5% | 675 | +233 | $3,513 | $4,707,236 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Right Stuff | $2,074,849 | -6% | 229 | - | $9,060 | $4,282,802 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 13 | The Osterman Weekend | $1,798,940 | +347.9% | 289 | +164 | $6,224 | $2,200,604 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Under Fire | $1,664,260 | -33.3% | 816 | - | $2,039 | $4,158,390 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Mr. Mom | $1,238,958 | -41.7% | 842 | -203 | $1,471 | $59,229,082 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Risky Business | $1,178,324 | -31.7% | 867 | -97 | $1,359 | $59,308,830 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Brainstorm | $883,205 | -39.9% | 475 | -23 | $1,859 | $6,896,115 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
