| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Police Academy | $11,863,740 | - | 1,063 | - | $11,160 | $11,863,740 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Splash | $8,665,378 | -1.3% | 1,018 | +157 | $8,512 | $25,877,084 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Footloose | $5,782,936 | -9.4% | 1,360 | - | $4,252 | $45,361,369 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Ice Pirates | $3,615,732 | -34.5% | 1,174 | -1 | $3,079 | $9,135,953 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Tank | $3,511,000 | -31.5% | 1,295 | -37 | $2,711 | $8,635,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Against All Odds | $2,939,518 | -17.8% | 861 | -85 | $3,414 | $15,872,271 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Racing with the Moon | $2,378,900 | - | 389 | - | $6,115 | $2,378,900 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Children of the Corn | $2,011,858 | -34.4% | 650 | -3 | $3,095 | $7,694,548 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Terms of Endearment | $1,739,887 | -21.5% | 730 | -101 | $2,383 | $92,145,104 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Blame It on Rio | $1,073,032 | -37% | 563 | -129 | $1,905 | $17,145,374 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Weekend Pass | $1,039,085 | -23.1% | 334 | -55 | $3,111 | $12,513,137 | 8 | Crown | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Lassiter | $965,861 | -37.6% | 662 | -122 | $1,459 | $17,153,089 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Unfaithfully Yours | $874,420 | -39.9% | 515 | -115 | $1,697 | $19,001,199 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | This Is Spinal Tap | $143,395 | +63.4% | 10 | +5 | $14,339 | $343,834 | 4 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
