| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $15,560,619 | +29.5% | 30.3% | 4 | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives | $6,750,837 | 43.4% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $7,060,101 | -18.3% | 13.8% | 1 | Aliens | $7,060,101 | 100% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 4 | $6,591,743 | +3.1% | 12.9% | 3 | Ruthless People | $3,476,646 | 52.7% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 9 | $6,111,341 | +227.3% | 11.9% | 2 | Howard the Duck | $5,070,136 | 83% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 7 | $5,249,070 | +107.8% | 10.2% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $3,279,650 | 62.5% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $4,168,492 | -41.4% | 8.1% | 2 | The Karate Kid Part II | $4,168,492 | 100% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,863,330 | -39.3% | 7.5% | 2 | Back to School | $2,533,257 | 65.6% | 8 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,420,177 | -55.7% | 2.8% | 1 | Maximum Overdrive | $1,420,177 | 100% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,259,031 | -40.8% | 2.5% | 1 | Running Scared | $1,259,031 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
