| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $12,566,667 | +0.5% | 30.6% | 3 | Police Academy | $6,101,974 | 48.6% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $9,812,281 | -37.6% | 23.9% | 3 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $5,754,628 | 58.6% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $5,686,311 | +2.4% | 13.8% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $5,686,311 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 5 | $3,763,799 | +2.8% | 9.2% | 1 | Splash | $3,763,799 | 100% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $3,476,862 | +12.2% | 8.5% | 1 | Moscow on the Hudson | $3,476,862 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,881,685 | -22.9% | 7% | 2 | Iceman | $1,835,185 | 63.7% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,371,029 | -40.4% | 3.3% | 1 | Where the Boys Are | $1,371,029 | 100% | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,233,809 | -41.9% | 3% | 1 | Up the Creek | $1,233,809 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $235,910 | +79% | 0.6% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $235,910 | 100% | 8 | Embassy Pictures | - |
