| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Oh, God! You Devil | $7,139,841 | - | 1,384 | - | $5,158 | $7,139,841 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Terminator | $4,764,277 | -17.2% | 960 | -152 | $4,962 | $16,077,225 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | No Small Affair | $2,791,438 | - | 1,247 | - | $2,238 | $2,791,438 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Places in the Heart | $2,542,499 | -15.6% | 868 | +4 | $2,929 | $22,700,077 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | A Soldier's Story | $2,179,806 | -19.8% | 581 | +1 | $3,751 | $14,302,153 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 13 | Amadeus | $2,130,199 | +94.5% | 420 | +313 | $5,071 | $9,857,093 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Teachers | $1,835,704 | -24.9% | 860 | -118 | $2,134 | $24,809,763 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Silent Night, Deadly Night | $1,708,860 | - | 398 | - | $4,293 | $1,708,860 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | All of Me | $1,605,724 | -26.9% | 771 | -153 | $2,082 | $32,192,416 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 2 | Body Double | $1,581,498 | -48% | 674 | -744 | $2,346 | $8,283,530 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Ghostbusters | $1,429,283 | -7.5% | 675 | -105 | $2,117 | $215,950,172 | 23 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Firstborn | $1,320,862 | -37.5% | 682 | -247 | $1,936 | $5,450,516 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $1,271,000 | - | 165 | - | $7,703 | $1,271,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $278,608 | +25.7% | 94 | +18 | $2,963 | $4,736,368 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | The Killing Fields | $50,463 | -6.6% | 1 | - | $50,463 | $104,496 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
