| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Police Academy | $8,570,007 | - | 1,063 | - | $8,062 | $8,570,007 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Splash | $6,667,242 | +3.3% | 1,018 | +157 | $6,549 | $23,878,948 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Footloose | $4,420,411 | -6.9% | 1,360 | - | $3,250 | $43,998,844 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Ice Pirates | $2,904,480 | -33.4% | 1,174 | -1 | $2,474 | $8,424,701 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Tank | $2,861,950 | -29.1% | 1,295 | -37 | $2,210 | $7,985,950 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Against All Odds | $2,218,270 | -15% | 861 | -85 | $2,576 | $15,151,023 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Racing with the Moon | $1,803,432 | - | 389 | - | $4,636 | $1,803,432 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Children of the Corn | $1,720,309 | -37.6% | 650 | -3 | $2,646 | $7,402,999 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Terms of Endearment | $1,258,295 | -19.7% | 730 | -101 | $1,723 | $91,663,512 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Blame It on Rio | $782,047 | -36.8% | 563 | -129 | $1,389 | $16,854,389 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Lassiter | $709,060 | -38% | 662 | -122 | $1,071 | $16,896,288 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Weekend Pass | $702,736 | -25.8% | 334 | -55 | $2,104 | $12,176,788 | 8 | Crown | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Unfaithfully Yours | $656,855 | -38.4% | 515 | -115 | $1,275 | $18,783,634 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | This Is Spinal Tap | $99,411 | +68.7% | 10 | +5 | $9,941 | $299,850 | 4 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
