| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $6,023,009 | -15.6% | 22.8% | 3 | Stand by Me | $3,858,417 | 64.1% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $5,706,862 | +3.1% | 21.6% | 2 | Top Gun | $4,214,551 | 73.9% | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,999,498 | -15.5% | 15.1% | 3 | The Fly | $2,060,961 | 51.5% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $2,792,253 | -12.4% | 10.6% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $1,817,223 | 65.1% | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 8 | $2,497,521 | +83.4% | 9.5% | 2 | The Men's Club | $1,439,825 | 57.7% | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 6 | 5 | $1,874,593 | -5.6% | 7.1% | 1 | Ruthless People | $1,874,593 | 100% | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,593,840 | -0.4% | 6% | 1 | Back to School | $1,593,840 | 100% | 15 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 10 | $606,542 | +1,185.1% | 2.3% | 1 | Shanghai Surprise | $606,542 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
