| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Missing in Action | $6,101,460 | - | 1,150 | - | $5,305 | $6,101,460 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Oh, God! You Devil | $4,033,986 | -27.4% | 1,384 | - | $2,914 | $11,173,827 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Night of the Comet | $3,580,578 | - | 1,098 | - | $3,261 | $3,580,578 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Terminator | $2,848,258 | -10.8% | 1,016 | +56 | $2,803 | $18,925,483 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Just the Way You Are | $2,291,803 | - | 1,190 | - | $1,925 | $2,291,803 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Places in the Heart | $1,729,216 | -22.4% | 850 | -18 | $2,034 | $24,429,293 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 10 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $1,634,000 | +28.6% | 274 | +109 | $5,963 | $2,905,000 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Amadeus | $1,358,236 | -12.2% | 407 | -13 | $3,337 | $11,215,329 | 9 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | No Small Affair | $1,294,800 | -43% | 1,226 | -21 | $1,056 | $4,086,238 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | A Soldier's Story | $1,178,201 | -31.7% | 510 | -71 | $2,310 | $15,480,354 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | All of Me | $807,300 | -38.9% | 598 | -173 | $1,350 | $32,999,716 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | $782,600 | -45.4% | 364 | -34 | $2,150 | $2,491,460 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Ghostbusters | $730,480 | -34% | 566 | -109 | $1,290 | $216,680,652 | 24 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $230,832 | +9.7% | 105 | +11 | $2,198 | $4,967,200 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Killing Fields | $90,794 | +167.5% | 3 | +2 | $30,264 | $195,290 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | - | Razorback | $89,331 | - | 50 | - | $1,786 | $89,331 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
