| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $12,742,691 | -12.3% | 25.3% | 2 | Ghostbusters | $8,493,861 | 66.7% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $12,181,472 | +70.2% | 24.2% | 4 | Best Defense | $7,872,297 | 64.6% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $11,167,521 | +25.3% | 22.1% | 3 | Gremlins | $5,517,823 | 49.4% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,199,658 | -39.5% | 10.3% | 2 | The Last Starfighter | $3,659,470 | 70.4% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $4,476,487 | -30.2% | 8.9% | 4 | Bachelor Party | $2,963,397 | 66.2% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,647,069 | -32.8% | 7.2% | 2 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | $3,647,069 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
