| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Teachers | $5,832,204 | -28.4% | 1,721 | - | $3,388 | $13,974,392 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Places in the Heart | $4,419,997 | -13.3% | 688 | -3 | $6,424 | $10,258,249 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | All of Me | $4,148,782 | -20.6% | 1,173 | -27 | $3,536 | $23,486,421 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Irreconcilable Differences | $2,286,167 | -27.9% | 892 | -10 | $2,562 | $9,290,581 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Ghostbusters | $2,207,367 | -17% | 1,107 | -76 | $1,994 | $209,559,908 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | A Soldier's Story | $2,066,234 | -16.3% | 223 | +6 | $9,265 | $5,619,829 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 10 | The Karate Kid | $1,769,868 | +10.3% | 906 | -42 | $1,953 | $83,878,873 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Purple Rain | $1,744,813 | -9.3% | 747 | -51 | $2,335 | $62,233,878 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Wild Life | $1,458,510 | -44.9% | 909 | -233 | $1,604 | $8,916,750 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 14 | Amadeus | $1,429,808 | +68.2% | 118 | +52 | $12,117 | $4,040,060 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Evil That Men Do | $1,199,466 | -41.5% | 721 | -309 | $1,663 | $12,709,369 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 16 | Country | $791,216 | +278% | 89 | +74 | $8,890 | $1,047,707 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Songwriter | $671,483 | - | 499 | - | $1,345 | $671,483 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $376,028 | -20.6% | 88 | -2 | $4,273 | $3,747,741 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | Garbo Talks | $172,552 | - | 16 | - | $10,784 | $172,552 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
