| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $4,763,065 | -29% | 986 | -34 | $4,830 | $62,042,203 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $4,118,090 | -29.7% | 1,276 | +3 | $3,227 | $9,979,434 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 6 | Silkwood | $3,361,130 | +11.7% | 556 | +206 | $6,045 | $17,954,804 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Sudden Impact | $3,044,530 | -35.9% | 1,357 | -188 | $2,243 | $58,385,804 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Yentl | $2,470,341 | -20.2% | 728 | +79 | $3,393 | $28,932,096 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Uncommon Valor | $2,241,257 | -23% | 985 | -53 | $2,275 | $23,693,910 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Scarface | $2,163,000 | -34.7% | 700 | -115 | $3,090 | $32,828,000 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Angel | $1,838,021 | -35.3% | 378 | +48 | $4,862 | $4,680,000 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Gorky Park | $1,206,657 | -30.9% | 538 | -18 | $2,242 | $12,737,375 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Two of a Kind | $1,136,048 | -40.9% | 744 | -175 | $1,526 | $21,335,177 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Big Chill | $1,133,981 | -41.1% | 743 | +9 | $1,526 | $49,206,017 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Christine | $934,775 | -44.5% | 718 | -176 | $1,301 | $18,992,495 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Power | $929,162 | - | 256 | - | $3,629 | $929,162 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 14 | - | The Buddy System | $659,918 | - | 190 | - | $3,473 | $659,918 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 15 | - | Scandalous | $369,183 | - | 144 | - | $2,563 | $369,183 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
