| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 6 | $6,852,458 | +278.9% | 32.3% | 4 | High Road to China | $6,156,049 | 89.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $5,467,604 | -13.3% | 25.8% | 2 | Tootsie | $3,579,379 | 65.5% | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $2,149,672 | -29.5% | 10.1% | 2 | 10 to Midnight | $2,149,672 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,011,160 | -17.1% | 9.5% | 4 | 48 Hrs. | $1,379,770 | 68.6% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $1,657,929 | -16.2% | 7.8% | 3 | Sophie's Choice | $860,353 | 51.9% | 15 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,362,669 | -20.9% | 6.4% | 2 | The Verdict | $745,111 | 54.7% | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 4 | $1,329,426 | -39.4% | 6.3% | 1 | Trenchcoat | $1,329,426 | 100% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $375,310 | -11.5% | 1.8% | 1 | My Tutor | $375,310 | 100% | 3 | Crown | - |
