Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
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1 | - | Tightrope | $4,018,355 | - | 1,474 | - | $2,726 | $36,037,950 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
2 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $3,666,200 | -26.7% | 1,435 | +67 | $2,554 | $192,781,806 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
3 | - | Purple Rain | $2,555,084 | - | 1,022 | - | $2,500 | $49,105,044 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
4 | - | The Karate Kid | $2,459,536 | - | 1,070 | - | $2,298 | $72,886,052 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
5 | - | The Woman in Red | $2,440,930 | - | 1,032 | - | $2,365 | $16,742,768 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
6 | - | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,188,176 | - | 945 | - | $2,315 | $31,627,810 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
7 | - | Red Dawn | $1,875,167 | - | 1,066 | - | $1,759 | $32,170,309 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
8 | - | Bolero | $1,795,225 | - | 915 | - | $1,961 | $7,006,960 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
9 | - | Gremlins | $1,612,793 | - | 1,050 | - | $1,535 | $138,799,278 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
10 | - | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,136,221 | - | 686 | - | $1,656 | $168,868,276 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
11 | - | Oxford Blues | $982,049 | - | 632 | - | $1,553 | $7,185,146 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
12 | - | Flashpoint | $972,405 | - | 938 | - | $1,036 | $3,282,919 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
13 | - | Dreamscape | $968,112 | - | 567 | - | $1,707 | $10,191,196 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
14 | - | C.H.U.D. | $834,465 | - | 297 | - | $2,809 | $2,846,756 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
15 | - | The Warrior and the Sorceress | $574,210 | - | 238 | - | $2,412 | $574,210 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
16 | - | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $110,963 | - | 50 | - | $2,219 | $2,306,913 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |