| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Never Say Never Again | $3,781,141 | -37.1% | 1,457 | -95 | $2,595 | $33,958,438 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $3,701,609 | - | 1,411 | - | $2,623 | $3,701,609 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Dead Zone | $3,011,541 | -33.9% | 1,286 | -7 | $2,341 | $8,995,102 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Big Chill | $2,690,391 | -15.8% | 808 | +83 | $3,329 | $21,444,664 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | All the Right Moves | $1,835,117 | +12.9% | 675 | +233 | $2,718 | $4,171,051 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | The Right Stuff | $1,565,168 | -2.2% | 229 | - | $6,834 | $3,773,121 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Under Fire | $1,187,055 | -35.4% | 816 | - | $1,454 | $3,681,185 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Educating Rita | $1,120,022 | - | 396 | - | $2,828 | - | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Mr. Mom | $936,733 | -45% | 842 | -203 | $1,112 | $58,926,857 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Risky Business | $851,578 | -34.8% | 867 | -97 | $982 | $58,982,084 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Brainstorm | $642,679 | -43.1% | 475 | -23 | $1,353 | $6,655,589 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | The Osterman Weekend | $623,374 | +107% | 289 | +164 | $2,157 | $1,025,038 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $338,104 | -32.8% | 194 | -40 | $1,742 | $242,137,842 | 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
