| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Beverly Hills Cop | $8,216,877 | -11.5% | 1,822 | -84 | $4,509 | $133,132,606 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Falcon and the Snowman | $2,358,846 | - | 265 | - | $8,901 | $2,358,846 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | A Passage to India | $2,033,367 | -5.8% | 291 | +73 | $6,987 | $6,528,622 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Micki + Maude | $1,762,524 | -14% | 829 | -40 | $2,126 | $20,694,102 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Tomboy | $1,723,935 | - | 409 | - | $4,215 | $1,723,935 | 1 | Crown | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Flamingo Kid | $1,630,198 | -25.5% | 729 | -24 | $2,236 | $18,683,147 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Protocol | $1,368,125 | -27.9% | 789 | -53 | $1,733 | $22,428,578 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 2 | The River | $1,364,160 | -41.2% | 812 | -168 | $1,680 | $7,637,019 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak | $1,337,274 | - | 500 | - | $2,674 | $1,337,274 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 10 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $1,323,175 | - | 380 | +3 | $3,482 | $10,777,659 | 12 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Starman | $1,308,014 | -21.2% | 753 | -99 | $1,737 | $24,181,385 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Cotton Club | $1,235,528 | -17.9% | 654 | -39 | $1,889 | $22,892,891 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 5 | That's Dancing! | $1,158,487 | -45.4% | 660 | -246 | $1,755 | $3,279,854 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | City Heat | $934,414 | -31.3% | 756 | -100 | $1,235 | $36,367,261 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | $894,842 | -41% | 573 | -132 | $1,561 | $38,130,205 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Killing Fields | $818,450 | -29.9% | 76 | - | $10,769 | $3,898,988 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Johnny Dangerously | $692,677 | -37.9% | 571 | -116 | $1,213 | $16,198,991 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | $684,775 | -32.2% | 559 | -92 | $1,225 | $14,042,408 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Tuff Turf | $629,011 | -39.6% | 334 | -56 | $1,883 | $3,537,732 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
