| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 5 | $7,628,051 | +79.7% | 22.1% | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $3,451,389 | 45.2% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $7,143,953 | -33.4% | 20.7% | 2 | Sudden Impact | $7,143,953 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 7 | $5,772,920 | +864.3% | 16.7% | 5 | Two of a Kind | $3,344,942 | 57.9% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $5,052,210 | +9.9% | 14.6% | 2 | Scarface | $3,487,680 | 69% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $3,405,549 | -30.6% | 9.8% | 3 | Christine | $2,058,517 | 60.4% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $2,184,771 | -54.7% | 6.3% | 1 | Yentl | $2,184,771 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
