| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $12,287,843 | -19.8% | 32.5% | 3 | Tightrope | $7,198,635 | 58.6% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $9,171,200 | -22.1% | 24.2% | 3 | Ghostbusters | $4,682,210 | 51.1% | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $5,845,076 | +4.7% | 15.5% | 2 | Red Dawn | $3,358,658 | 57.5% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,043,624 | -20.4% | 13.3% | 3 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,998,153 | 59.4% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,941,215 | -6.9% | 7.8% | 1 | The Woman in Red | $2,941,215 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,426,994 | -11.9% | 3.8% | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,426,994 | 100% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
