| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Oh, God! You Devil | $5,560,001 | - | 1,384 | - | $4,017 | $5,560,001 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Terminator | $3,191,628 | -24.4% | 960 | -152 | $3,324 | $14,504,576 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | No Small Affair | $2,273,469 | - | 1,247 | - | $1,823 | $2,273,469 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Places in the Heart | $2,228,864 | -12% | 868 | +4 | $2,567 | $22,386,442 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | A Soldier's Story | $1,724,727 | -19.4% | 581 | +1 | $2,968 | $13,847,074 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 13 | Amadeus | $1,546,556 | +74.3% | 420 | +313 | $3,682 | $9,273,450 | 8 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Teachers | $1,446,376 | -23.9% | 860 | -118 | $1,681 | $24,420,435 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Silent Night, Deadly Night | $1,432,800 | - | 398 | - | $3,600 | $1,432,800 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | All of Me | $1,321,494 | -16.8% | 771 | -153 | $1,714 | $31,908,186 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $1,271,000 | - | 165 | - | $7,703 | $1,271,000 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 11 | 3 | Body Double | $1,194,948 | -49.9% | 674 | -744 | $1,772 | $7,896,980 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Firstborn | $1,128,103 | -30.6% | 682 | -247 | $1,654 | $5,257,757 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Ghostbusters | $1,106,531 | -9% | 675 | -105 | $1,639 | $215,627,420 | 23 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Country | $1,051,370 | - | 488 | - | $2,154 | - | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $210,415 | +25.3% | 94 | +18 | $2,238 | $4,668,175 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | The Killing Fields | $33,948 | +5.5% | 1 | - | $33,948 | $87,981 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
