| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $7,303,016 | -12.5% | 22.9% | 4 | Body Double | $3,040,746 | 41.6% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $6,846,970 | +0.2% | 21.4% | 2 | The Terminator | $5,752,018 | 84% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $4,919,548 | -25.4% | 15.4% | 2 | Terror in the Aisles | $2,723,856 | 55.4% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $4,023,660 | -12.6% | 12.6% | 2 | Firstborn | $2,112,348 | 52.5% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,180,480 | -19.5% | 10% | 3 | American Dreamer | $1,808,423 | 56.9% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,010,938 | -3.6% | 9.4% | 1 | Places in the Heart | $3,010,938 | 100% | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,445,618 | +11.6% | 7.7% | 1 | Teachers | $2,445,618 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $221,707 | +24.2% | 0.7% | 1 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $221,707 | 100% | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
