| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | Silkwood | $3,547,122 | +42.9% | 816 | +260 | $4,346 | $21,501,926 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Terms of Endearment | $3,383,539 | -2.4% | 903 | -83 | $3,746 | $65,425,742 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,679,108 | +35.7% | 491 | +148 | $5,456 | $13,680,149 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $2,415,665 | -22.7% | 1,173 | -103 | $2,059 | $12,395,099 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Lonely Guy | $2,072,130 | - | 717 | - | $2,890 | $2,072,130 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Yentl | $1,851,461 | +4.4% | 747 | +19 | $2,478 | $30,783,557 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Sudden Impact | $1,743,949 | -21.6% | 1,003 | -354 | $1,738 | $60,129,753 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Scarface | $1,469,520 | -4.1% | 624 | -76 | $2,355 | $34,297,520 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Uncommon Valor | $1,406,213 | -8.1% | 870 | -115 | $1,616 | $25,100,123 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Angel | $1,124,780 | -22.5% | 356 | -22 | $3,159 | $5,804,780 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Big Chill | $1,092,153 | -2.9% | 692 | -51 | $1,578 | $50,298,170 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Broadway Danny Rose | $953,794 | - | 109 | - | $8,750 | $953,794 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 13 | Gorky Park | $786,217 | -11.7% | 475 | -63 | $1,655 | $13,523,592 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Star 80 | $412,566 | - | 94 | - | $4,389 | - | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | The Right Stuff | $278,022 | +3.8% | 92 | - | $3,021 | $15,183,991 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 18 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $183,493 | -28.2% | 147 | -87 | $1,248 | $251,640,919 | 36 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 17 | - | Slayground | $108,128 | - | 62 | - | $1,744 | $108,128 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
