| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $4,226,075 | -10.7% | 260 | - | $16,254 | $10,049,829 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | A Christmas Story | $3,166,850 | -29.7% | 924 | -14 | $3,427 | $11,026,595 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Big Chill | $2,465,840 | -26% | 832 | +7 | $2,963 | $39,015,789 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Never Say Never Again | $1,694,234 | -43.4% | 944 | -143 | $1,794 | $50,617,933 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 7 | All the Right Moves | $1,166,433 | -37.3% | 890 | +83 | $1,310 | $16,496,276 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $1,020,600 | -47.1% | 243 | - | $4,200 | $4,699,843 | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 7 | 12 | Educating Rita | $953,802 | -23.1% | 405 | +14 | $2,355 | $8,940,831 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | The Right Stuff | $858,566 | -38.4% | 235 | +2 | $3,653 | $11,554,762 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | A Night in Heaven | $827,458 | -54.8% | 700 | -193 | $1,182 | $5,404,050 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | The Dead Zone | $777,995 | -39.4% | 720 | +32 | $1,080 | $19,287,938 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | Amityville 3-D | $718,289 | -66.5% | 755 | -498 | $951 | $6,320,000 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $714,456 | -40.4% | 621 | -37 | $1,150 | $16,156,776 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
