| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $6,179,820 | -33.4% | 17.4% | 3 | Police Academy | $3,543,670 | 57.3% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 7 | $4,461,520 | +275.8% | 12.6% | 2 | Sixteen Candles | $4,461,520 | 100% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $4,443,399 | +79.5% | 12.5% | 2 | Hardbodies | $2,684,599 | 60.4% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $4,012,150 | -14.2% | 11.3% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $4,012,150 | 100% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 2 | $3,330,062 | -48% | 9.4% | 2 | Footloose | $1,683,727 | 50.6% | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 4 | $1,885,403 | -34% | 5.3% | 1 | Splash | $1,885,403 | 100% | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 6 | $1,010,334 | -34.3% | 2.8% | 1 | Children of the Corn | $1,010,334 | 100% | 9 | New World Pictures | - |
| 11 | 9 | $372,174 | -20.9% | 1% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $372,174 | 100% | 10 | Embassy Pictures | - |
