| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 2 | $10,350,308 | +60.4% | 29.5% | 3 | Tootsie | $5,540,470 | 53.5% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $8,227,993 | +267.7% | 23.4% | 3 | The Dark Crystal | $4,657,335 | 56.6% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $7,030,845 | -35.3% | 20% | 3 | 48 Hrs. | $3,328,170 | 47.3% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $4,690,618 | +774% | 13.3% | 3 | Best Friends | $4,022,891 | 85.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,538,099 | +151.1% | 7.2% | 2 | The Verdict | $2,331,805 | 91.9% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 8 | $1,341,695 | +273% | 3.8% | 2 | Trail of the Pink Panther | $1,341,695 | 100% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
