| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | $14,255,285 | +126.3% | 35% | 2 | Gung Ho | $9,048,283 | 63.5% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $6,387,887 | -22.9% | 15.7% | 2 | The Color Purple | $4,100,478 | 64.2% | 13 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $4,843,439 | -21.8% | 11.9% | 2 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $3,570,028 | 73.7% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 8 | $4,610,189 | +99.5% | 11.3% | 3 | Crossroads | $2,751,810 | 59.7% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,697,416 | -23.2% | 9.1% | 2 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $3,697,416 | 100% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,642,035 | -45.5% | 6.5% | 1 | House | $2,642,035 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,497,460 | -11% | 6.1% | 2 | Out of Africa | $1,849,105 | 74% | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,764,769 | -47% | 4.3% | 1 | Highlander | $1,764,769 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
