| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 8 | $9,279,067 | +711.1% | 26.2% | 2 | Police Academy | $8,570,007 | 92.4% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $7,482,138 | +18.5% | 21.2% | 3 | Footloose | $4,420,411 | 59.1% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $6,667,242 | +3.3% | 18.8% | 1 | Splash | $6,667,242 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,904,480 | -33.4% | 8.2% | 1 | The Ice Pirates | $2,904,480 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,861,950 | -29.1% | 8.1% | 1 | Tank | $2,861,950 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,218,270 | -15% | 6.3% | 1 | Against All Odds | $2,218,270 | 100% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $1,720,309 | -37.6% | 4.9% | 1 | Children of the Corn | $1,720,309 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,438,902 | -37.6% | 4.1% | 2 | Blame It on Rio | $782,047 | 54.4% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | $702,736 | -25.8% | 2% | 1 | Weekend Pass | $702,736 | 100% | 8 | Crown | - |
| 10 | 11 | $99,411 | +68.7% | 0.3% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $99,411 | 100% | 4 | Embassy Pictures | - |
