| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $5,004,070 | -25.2% | 26.9% | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $4,226,075 | 84.5% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $4,134,098 | -28.4% | 22.2% | 3 | The Big Chill | $2,465,840 | 59.6% | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,166,850 | -29.7% | 17% | 1 | A Christmas Story | $3,166,850 | 100% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 4 | $2,552,800 | -41.8% | 13.7% | 2 | Never Say Never Again | $1,694,234 | 66.4% | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | $1,993,891 | -46% | 10.7% | 2 | All the Right Moves | $1,166,433 | 58.5% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,020,600 | -47.1% | 5.5% | 1 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $1,020,600 | 100% | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 7 | 6 | $718,289 | -66.5% | 3.9% | 1 | Amityville 3-D | $718,289 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
