| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $16,497,991 | -26.3% | 29.2% | 3 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $9,116,347 | 55.3% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $15,365,049 | +5.2% | 27.2% | 3 | Gremlins | $13,949,228 | 90.8% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $15,093,905 | +11.2% | 26.7% | 1 | Ghostbusters | $15,093,905 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $2,916,763 | -44.1% | 5.2% | 1 | Beat Street | $2,916,763 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,502,952 | +0.8% | 4.4% | 1 | The Natural | $2,502,952 | 100% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,688,123 | +7.7% | 3% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $1,688,123 | 100% | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,331,320 | -32.3% | 2.4% | 3 | Sixteen Candles | $668,170 | 50.2% | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,106,545 | -11.4% | 2% | 1 | Breakin' | $1,106,545 | 100% | 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
