| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $4,996,646 | -32.8% | 19.5% | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $3,466,172 | 69.4% | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $4,898,099 | -29.1% | 19.2% | 3 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $3,124,078 | 63.8% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 3 | $4,176,769 | -24% | 16.3% | 5 | Silkwood | $2,481,524 | 59.4% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $2,492,560 | -33.3% | 9.8% | 2 | Sudden Impact | $2,224,650 | 89.3% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 9 | $1,974,814 | +291% | 7.7% | 2 | Never Cry Wolf | $1,974,814 | 100% | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,944,920 | -31.6% | 7.6% | 2 | The Big Chill | $1,124,948 | 57.8% | 17 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $1,533,000 | -57.8% | 6% | 2 | Scarface | $1,533,000 | 100% | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,451,930 | -34.4% | 5.7% | 1 | Angel | $1,451,930 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,165,014 | -13.9% | 4.6% | 2 | Gorky Park | $890,081 | 76.4% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
