| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Footloose | $10,239,517 | - | 1,384 | - | $7,398 | $10,239,517 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Lassiter | $5,944,996 | - | 945 | - | $6,291 | $5,944,996 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $5,581,876 | +84.1% | 1,259 | +412 | $4,433 | $79,040,734 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Blame It on Rio | $4,295,863 | - | 1,201 | - | $3,576 | $4,295,863 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 1 | Unfaithfully Yours | $3,887,231 | -20.7% | 831 | +11 | $4,677 | $8,790,108 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 14 | Broadway Danny Rose | $2,458,599 | +160.8% | 613 | +503 | $4,010 | $5,856,506 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Silkwood | $2,089,810 | -14.1% | 791 | -52 | $2,641 | $30,372,295 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,088,333 | +0.8% | 540 | +37 | $3,867 | $21,293,478 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Right Stuff | $2,029,673 | - | 627 | +540 | $3,237 | $17,835,266 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Angel | $1,941,543 | +35.3% | 498 | +8 | $3,898 | $10,785,629 | 6 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Yentl | $1,170,225 | -14% | 516 | -139 | $2,267 | $35,862,407 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Scarface | $1,051,446 | -18.2% | 336 | -141 | $3,129 | $38,565,000 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Crackers | $73,362 | - | 21 | - | $3,493 | $73,362 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
