| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Creepshow | $5,870,889 | - | 1,127 | - | $5,209 | $5,870,889 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | First Blood | $3,631,282 | -17.8% | 896 | -6 | $4,052 | $25,523,482 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,945,472 | -3.3% | 1,136 | +26 | $2,592 | $286,709,095 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $2,701,412 | -7.2% | 977 | -21 | $2,765 | $90,730,296 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Missionary | $1,311,391 | -29.7% | 528 | -4 | $2,483 | $3,890,388 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Class Reunion | $1,133,660 | -51.6% | 831 | -294 | $1,364 | $8,337,793 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | My Favorite Year | $1,105,683 | -22.9% | 544 | -15 | $2,032 | $13,124,571 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | They Call Me Bruce | $1,071,345 | - | 165 | - | $6,493 | $1,071,345 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Monsignor | $844,784 | -44.9% | 526 | -198 | $1,606 | $10,698,778 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Man from Snowy River | $843,348 | +21.5% | 199 | +41 | $4,237 | $2,329,669 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Poltergeist | $223,190 | -42.1% | 288 | -35 | $774 | $73,876,020 | 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $179,131 | -20.6% | 180 | -41 | $995 | $14,229,851 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | Five Days One Summer | $43,891 | - | 6 | - | $7,315 | $43,891 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
