| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | All of Me | $7,536,433 | - | 1,192 | - | $6,322 | $7,536,433 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Evil That Men Do | $5,906,595 | - | 1,464 | - | $4,034 | $5,906,595 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $3,520,885 | -19.3% | 1,389 | -48 | $2,534 | $201,706,630 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Purple Rain | $2,861,110 | -14.7% | 1,006 | -13 | $2,844 | $56,251,502 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Tightrope | $2,641,772 | -37.9% | 1,140 | -237 | $2,317 | $44,177,225 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Until September | $2,563,801 | - | 1,114 | - | $2,301 | $2,563,801 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Karate Kid | $2,263,588 | -23.9% | 1,065 | -21 | $2,125 | $78,540,997 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | The Woman in Red | $1,978,389 | -28.8% | 903 | -102 | $2,190 | $22,222,874 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Revenge of the Nerds | $1,842,555 | -27.2% | 877 | -31 | $2,100 | $36,648,062 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Gremlins | $1,396,305 | -23.5% | 792 | -224 | $1,763 | $142,469,714 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Red Dawn | $1,152,594 | -40.3% | 749 | -211 | $1,538 | $35,866,418 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | - | Amadeus | $903,147 | - | 25 | - | $36,125 | $903,147 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 7 | Ninja III: The Domination | $895,524 | -60.3% | 475 | -55 | $1,885 | $3,152,651 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 14 | - | The River Rat | $546,173 | - | 316 | - | $1,728 | $546,173 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | Places in the Heart | $407,108 | - | 14 | - | $29,079 | $407,108 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | A Soldier's Story | $268,538 | +6.9% | 6 | +1 | $44,756 | $519,792 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Windy City | $139,343 | - | 28 | - | $4,976 | $139,343 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $99,846 | -41.8% | 40 | -20 | $2,496 | $2,623,938 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
