| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | $5,531,659 | +29.6% | 22.3% | 3 | Reckless | $2,446,016 | 44.2% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 2 | 1 | $4,181,784 | -12.7% | 16.9% | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $3,045,877 | 72.8% | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 6 | $2,859,060 | +17.4% | 11.5% | 2 | Sudden Impact | $1,437,746 | 50.3% | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,813,003 | -24.6% | 11.3% | 2 | Silkwood | $2,665,876 | 94.8% | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,542,350 | -30.3% | 10.3% | 2 | The Lonely Guy | $1,285,100 | 50.5% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,283,814 | -14.8% | 9.2% | 1 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,283,814 | 100% | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,342,176 | +19.3% | 5.4% | 1 | Angel | $1,342,176 | 100% | 4 | New World Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $911,309 | -47.6% | 3.7% | 2 | Broadway Danny Rose | $911,309 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $883,473 | -19.1% | 3.6% | 1 | The Big Chill | $883,473 | 100% | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - |
