| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | Silkwood | $4,544,058 | +35.2% | 816 | +260 | $5,568 | $22,498,862 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $4,503,443 | -5.5% | 903 | -83 | $4,987 | $66,545,646 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Never Cry Wolf | $3,367,356 | - | 491 | +148 | $6,858 | $14,368,397 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $3,034,387 | -26.3% | 1,173 | -103 | $2,586 | $13,013,821 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Lonely Guy | $2,585,000 | - | 717 | - | $3,605 | $2,585,000 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | Yentl | $2,465,972 | -0.2% | 747 | +19 | $3,301 | $31,398,068 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Sudden Impact | $2,287,215 | -24.9% | 1,003 | -354 | $2,280 | $60,673,019 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Scarface | $1,874,000 | -13.4% | 624 | -76 | $3,003 | $34,702,000 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Uncommon Valor | $1,788,676 | -20.2% | 870 | -115 | $2,055 | $25,482,586 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | The Big Chill | $1,383,145 | +22% | 692 | -51 | $1,998 | $50,589,162 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Angel | $1,285,459 | -30.1% | 356 | -22 | $3,610 | $5,965,459 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Broadway Danny Rose | $1,278,818 | - | 109 | - | $11,732 | $1,278,818 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 9 | Gorky Park | $1,039,978 | -13.8% | 475 | -63 | $2,189 | $13,777,353 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Right Stuff | $352,123 | - | 92 | - | $3,827 | $15,258,092 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | Slayground | $108,128 | - | 62 | - | $1,744 | $108,128 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
