| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Breakin' | $7,673,332 | - | 1,069 | - | $7,178 | $7,673,332 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 2 | - | Sixteen Candles | $5,275,000 | - | 1,240 | - | $4,254 | $5,275,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Romancing the Stone | $5,102,572 | -17.6% | 1,044 | -42 | $4,887 | $41,278,148 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Police Academy | $4,581,176 | -26.3% | 1,452 | -135 | $3,155 | $59,592,418 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Bounty | $4,252,514 | - | 986 | - | $4,312 | $4,252,514 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | Hardbodies | $3,417,385 | - | 1,538 | - | $2,221 | $3,417,385 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $2,722,521 | -37.4% | 939 | -223 | $2,899 | $36,126,528 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Splash | $2,433,303 | -34.3% | 894 | -259 | $2,721 | $55,630,265 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Moscow on the Hudson | $2,237,489 | -28.4% | 639 | -82 | $3,501 | $18,819,125 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Footloose | $2,146,238 | -27.5% | 922 | -188 | $2,327 | $66,615,635 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $2,036,937 | -46.7% | 868 | -550 | $2,346 | $28,476,510 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Alphabet City | $1,523,968 | - | 321 | - | $4,747 | $1,523,968 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 13 | - | Children of the Corn | $1,267,525 | - | 421 | -161 | $3,010 | $14,100,000 | 9 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Purple Hearts | $686,675 | - | 370 | +341 | $1,855 | $830,271 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | This Is Spinal Tap | $519,558 | -21.2% | 179 | -27 | $2,902 | $2,497,791 | 10 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
