| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $43,406,595 | +421% | 1,687 | - | $25,730 | $51,737,827 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Natural | $8,300,458 | +12.5% | 989 | - | $8,392 | $22,913,081 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Breakin' | $4,914,520 | -2.3% | 1,117 | +1 | $4,399 | $23,898,358 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Romancing the Stone | $4,881,203 | +4.6% | 1,110 | +9 | $4,397 | $55,008,478 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Police Academy | $3,411,943 | -5.6% | 1,203 | -209 | $2,836 | $70,153,753 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Sixteen Candles | $3,150,159 | -4.5% | 974 | -137 | $3,234 | $15,759,000 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Firestarter | $2,689,561 | -35.4% | 1,071 | -303 | $2,511 | $13,116,000 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Footloose | $2,344,253 | +36.3% | 912 | +162 | $2,570 | $72,383,962 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Splash | $2,235,340 | +36.1% | 1,073 | +522 | $2,083 | $61,172,377 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | $1,783,395 | -5.8% | 742 | -23 | $2,403 | $41,812,019 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Moscow on the Hudson | $1,583,179 | +3.7% | 546 | -16 | $2,899 | $23,623,208 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Making the Grade | $1,519,426 | -34.8% | 916 | -281 | $1,658 | $3,848,398 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Bounty | $1,073,102 | -22.9% | 371 | -84 | $2,892 | $8,244,171 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | This Is Spinal Tap | $500,377 | - | 201 | +2 | $2,489 | $3,930,590 | 13 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
