| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $4,789,752 | -4.1% | 18.8% | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $3,383,539 | 70.6% | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $4,267,126 | -12.9% | 16.7% | 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $2,415,665 | 56.6% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,730,615 | -10.7% | 14.6% | 4 | Silkwood | $3,547,122 | 95.1% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 7 | $3,649,778 | +138.1% | 14.3% | 3 | The Lonely Guy | $2,072,130 | 56.8% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,679,108 | +35.7% | 10.5% | 1 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,679,108 | 100% | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,434,537 | -2.3% | 9.5% | 3 | Sudden Impact | $1,743,949 | 71.6% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 9 | $1,740,011 | +49.4% | 6.8% | 3 | Broadway Danny Rose | $953,794 | 54.8% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,124,780 | -22.5% | 4.4% | 1 | Angel | $1,124,780 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,092,153 | -43.8% | 4.3% | 2 | The Big Chill | $1,092,153 | 100% | 18 | Columbia Pictures | - |
