| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Flashdance | $5,682,222 | +1.4% | 1,140 | - | $4,984 | $16,939,547 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Something Wicked This Way Comes | $3,103,849 | - | 817 | - | $3,799 | $3,103,849 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Valley Girl | $2,583,211 | - | 442 | - | $5,844 | $2,583,211 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Hunger | $2,541,809 | - | 775 | - | $3,279 | $2,541,809 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Tootsie | $2,474,934 | -17.7% | 865 | -111 | $2,861 | $161,938,254 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $2,006,629 | -46.5% | 884 | -329 | $2,269 | $11,541,102 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | The Meaning of Life | $1,712,308 | -36.8% | 541 | -13 | $3,165 | $12,565,028 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Gandhi | $1,662,753 | -38% | 579 | -168 | $2,871 | $47,778,117 | 21 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Outsiders | $1,407,226 | -31.5% | 706 | -97 | $1,993 | $22,860,888 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | My Tutor | $1,285,441 | -64.3% | 475 | -25 | $2,706 | $9,196,794 | 9 | Crown | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,246,847 | -33.4% | 546 | -97 | $2,283 | $16,062,660 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,091,302 | -29% | 502 | -158 | $2,173 | $347,281,435 | 47 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Spring Break | $994,982 | -35.6% | 683 | -225 | $1,456 | $23,577,393 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Local Hero | $801,858 | -12.4% | 190 | +11 | $4,220 | $3,217,562 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Tender Mercies | $162,830 | -22.5% | 37 | - | $4,400 | $580,526 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
