| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | All of Me | $6,578,403 | -12.7% | 1,197 | +5 | $5,495 | $14,114,836 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Wild Life | $4,811,921 | - | 1,140 | - | $4,220 | $4,811,921 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Irreconcilable Differences | $3,834,893 | - | 902 | - | $4,251 | $3,834,893 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Evil That Men Do | $3,551,296 | -39.9% | 1,464 | - | $2,425 | $9,457,891 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Ghostbusters | $2,985,501 | -15.2% | 1,263 | -126 | $2,363 | $204,692,131 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Purple Rain | $2,312,788 | -19.2% | 914 | -92 | $2,530 | $58,564,290 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Karate Kid | $1,963,334 | -13.3% | 961 | -104 | $2,043 | $80,504,331 | 15 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Tightrope | $1,617,542 | -38.8% | 830 | -310 | $1,948 | $45,794,767 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Bear | $1,542,222 | - | 750 | - | $2,056 | $1,542,222 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | - | Impulse | $1,324,560 | - | 376 | - | $3,522 | $1,324,560 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Until September | $1,306,356 | -49% | 863 | -251 | $1,513 | $3,870,157 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The Woman in Red | $1,158,189 | -41.5% | 660 | -243 | $1,754 | $23,381,063 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Gremlins | $957,735 | -31.4% | - | - | - | $143,427,449 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Amadeus | $856,813 | -5.1% | 25 | - | $34,272 | $1,759,960 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Body Rock | $817,580 | - | 240 | - | $3,406 | $817,580 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 16 | A Soldier's Story | $564,454 | +110.2% | 19 | +13 | $29,708 | $1,084,246 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Places in the Heart | $332,848 | -18.2% | 14 | - | $23,774 | $739,956 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $274,305 | +174.7% | 58 | +18 | $4,729 | $2,898,243 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | - | Country | $47,182 | - | 1 | - | $47,182 | $47,182 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
