| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $13,791,588 | -12.5% | 17.3% | 2 | Ruthless People | $8,195,628 | 59.4% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $13,258,335 | -2.2% | 16.6% | 2 | Top Gun | $7,601,755 | 57.3% | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $10,649,046 | +2.3% | 13.3% | 1 | The Karate Kid Part II | $10,649,046 | 100% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $9,527,955 | -29.9% | 11.9% | 2 | Legal Eagles | $5,723,995 | 60.1% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 8 | $8,278,616 | +29.7% | 10.4% | 2 | Club Paradise | $6,035,624 | 72.9% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | $7,916,425 | -4.3% | 9.9% | 1 | Back to School | $7,916,425 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $7,360,816 | -22.6% | 9.2% | 2 | About Last Night | $5,243,010 | 71.2% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $6,001,680 | -10.4% | 7.5% | 1 | Running Scared | $6,001,680 | 100% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 9 | $3,087,135 | -41.7% | 3.9% | 1 | Big Trouble in Little China | $3,087,135 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
