| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $20,109,667 | -14.9% | 25.8% | 2 | Ghostbusters | $13,365,390 | 66.5% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $17,681,623 | +56.4% | 22.7% | 4 | Best Defense | $10,979,438 | 62.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $17,333,744 | +21.1% | 22.2% | 3 | Gremlins | $8,662,944 | 50% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $7,756,139 | -40.4% | 10% | 2 | The Last Starfighter | $5,449,494 | 70.3% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $7,030,508 | -30.8% | 9% | 4 | Bachelor Party | $4,542,712 | 64.6% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $6,355,440 | -35% | 8.2% | 2 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $6,355,440 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
