| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | The Big Chill | $3,515,523 | -7.8% | 830 | +1 | $4,235 | $29,664,604 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Never Say Never Again | $3,389,281 | -23.4% | 1,219 | -12 | $2,780 | $42,900,093 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $3,005,397 | -30.7% | 1,164 | -238 | $2,581 | $12,287,657 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Deal of the Century | $2,852,089 | -35.1% | 1,226 | +9 | $2,326 | $7,249,225 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | All the Right Moves | $2,845,420 | -21.6% | 908 | -1 | $3,133 | $11,181,311 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Dead Zone | $2,544,690 | -19.5% | 1,100 | -40 | $2,313 | $15,685,380 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Right Stuff | $1,667,058 | -13% | 229 | - | $7,279 | $7,866,172 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Educating Rita | $1,537,806 | -1.1% | 407 | +1 | $3,778 | $5,477,840 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Osterman Weekend | $1,274,885 | -32.2% | 633 | -37 | $2,014 | $5,356,458 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Mr. Mom | $1,138,103 | -2.9% | 648 | -30 | $1,756 | $61,538,949 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Risky Business | $981,705 | -11.8% | 738 | -10 | $1,330 | $61,404,152 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Running Brave | $856,968 | +57.3% | 440 | +206 | $1,947 | $1,401,698 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
