| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Teachers | $8,142,188 | - | 1,721 | - | $4,731 | $8,142,188 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | All of Me | $5,222,803 | -20.6% | 1,200 | +3 | $4,352 | $19,337,639 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 17 | Places in the Heart | $5,098,296 | +1,431.7% | 691 | +677 | $7,378 | $5,838,252 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Irreconcilable Differences | $3,169,521 | -17.4% | 902 | - | $3,513 | $7,004,414 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Ghostbusters | $2,660,410 | -10.9% | 1,183 | -80 | $2,248 | $207,352,541 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | The Wild Life | $2,646,319 | -45% | 1,142 | +2 | $2,317 | $7,458,240 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 16 | A Soldier's Story | $2,469,349 | +337.5% | 217 | +198 | $11,379 | $3,553,595 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | The Evil That Men Do | $2,052,012 | -42.2% | 1,030 | -434 | $1,992 | $11,509,903 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Purple Rain | $1,924,775 | -16.8% | 798 | -116 | $2,411 | $60,489,065 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Karate Kid | $1,604,674 | -18.3% | 948 | -13 | $1,692 | $82,109,005 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | Gremlins | $1,132,252 | +18.2% | 628 | - | $1,802 | $144,559,701 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,103,357 | - | 400 | - | $2,758 | $173,684,978 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Tightrope | $986,491 | -39% | 665 | -165 | $1,483 | $46,781,258 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Amadeus | $850,292 | -0.8% | 66 | +41 | $12,883 | $2,610,252 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 18 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $473,470 | +72.6% | 90 | +32 | $5,260 | $3,371,713 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 19 | Country | $209,309 | +343.6% | 15 | +14 | $13,953 | $256,491 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
