| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 8 | $15,875,309 | +888.5% | 42.3% | 2 | Beverly Hills Cop | $15,214,805 | 95.8% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $7,702,848 | +196.9% | 20.5% | 3 | 2010: The Year We Make Contact | $7,393,361 | 96% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 5 | $7,090,670 | +238.8% | 18.9% | 3 | City Heat | $6,301,694 | 88.9% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 1 | $2,073,773 | -49.2% | 5.5% | 2 | The Terminator | $1,439,000 | 69.4% | 7 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $1,476,123 | -59.5% | 3.9% | 2 | Supergirl | $931,838 | 63.1% | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $1,298,647 | -57% | 3.5% | 1 | Missing in Action | $1,298,647 | 100% | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,010,352 | -47.7% | 2.7% | 1 | Night of the Comet | $1,010,352 | 100% | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 8 | 9 | $486,700 | -56.9% | 1.3% | 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | $486,700 | 100% | 5 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 9 | 7 | $360,628 | -77.8% | 1% | 1 | Ghostbusters | $360,628 | 100% | 27 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | $130,609 | -57.8% | 0.3% | 1 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $130,609 | 100% | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
