| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Teachers | $4,363,475 | -25.2% | 1,411 | -310 | $3,092 | $18,337,867 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Thief of Hearts | $4,107,778 | - | 1,200 | - | $3,423 | $4,107,778 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Places in the Heart | $3,764,738 | -14.8% | 759 | +71 | $4,960 | $14,022,987 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Little Drummer Girl | $3,513,791 | - | 820 | - | $4,285 | $3,513,791 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | All of Me | $3,264,478 | -21.3% | 1,118 | -55 | $2,919 | $26,750,899 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Razor's Edge | $3,112,449 | - | 1,036 | - | $3,004 | $3,112,449 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | A Soldier's Story | $2,092,714 | +1.3% | 289 | +66 | $7,241 | $7,712,543 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Ghostbusters | $2,022,880 | -8.4% | 890 | -217 | $2,272 | $211,582,788 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Irreconcilable Differences | $1,523,547 | -33.4% | 803 | -89 | $1,897 | $10,814,128 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Crimes of Passion | $1,519,595 | - | 325 | - | $4,675 | $1,519,595 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Purple Rain | $1,519,594 | -12.9% | 751 | +4 | $2,023 | $63,753,472 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | The Karate Kid | $1,399,485 | -20.9% | 782 | -124 | $1,789 | $85,278,358 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Ninja III: The Domination | $1,396,522 | - | 432 | +12 | $3,232 | $7,114,317 | 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Amadeus | $1,317,908 | -7.8% | 124 | +6 | $10,628 | $5,357,968 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Country | $1,128,860 | +42.7% | 218 | +129 | $5,178 | $2,176,567 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $309,832 | -17.6% | 99 | +11 | $3,129 | $4,057,573 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
