| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Teachers | $4,579,286 | - | 1,721 | - | $2,660 | $12,721,474 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Places in the Heart | $3,440,272 | - | 688 | - | $5,000 | $9,278,524 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | All of Me | $3,342,857 | - | 1,173 | - | $2,849 | $22,680,496 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Irreconcilable Differences | $1,837,565 | - | 892 | - | $2,060 | $8,841,979 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | Ghostbusters | $1,743,706 | -14.1% | 1,107 | -76 | $1,575 | $209,096,247 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | A Soldier's Story | $1,551,490 | - | 223 | - | $6,957 | $5,105,085 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Ninja III: The Domination | $1,498,411 | - | 420 | - | $3,567 | - | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 8 | - | Purple Rain | $1,306,205 | - | 747 | - | $1,748 | $61,795,270 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | The Karate Kid | $1,226,063 | - | 906 | - | $1,353 | $83,335,068 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Wild Life | $1,171,061 | - | 909 | - | $1,288 | $8,629,301 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Evil That Men Do | $1,081,020 | - | 721 | - | $1,499 | $12,590,923 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Amadeus | $1,016,836 | - | 118 | - | $8,617 | $3,627,088 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Country | $539,895 | - | 89 | - | $6,066 | $796,386 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Songwriter | $497,406 | - | 499 | - | $996 | $497,406 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $293,593 | - | 88 | - | $3,336 | $3,665,306 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | - | Garbo Talks | $127,192 | - | 16 | - | $7,949 | $127,192 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
