| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 5 | $14,546,150 | +232.3% | 26.7% | 3 | Back to the Future | $11,152,500 | 76.7% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $10,932,998 | -20.4% | 20.1% | 2 | Pale Rider | $7,032,807 | 64.3% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $8,382,882 | -14.3% | 15.4% | 2 | Cocoon | $6,333,285 | 75.6% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $7,653,708 | -19% | 14.1% | 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $6,428,108 | 84% | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $4,060,207 | -33.7% | 7.5% | 1 | St. Elmo's Fire | $4,060,207 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,498,123 | +100.7% | 6.4% | 2 | Red Sonja | $2,263,553 | 64.7% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 6 | $984,649 | -48.4% | 1.8% | 1 | Return to Oz | $984,649 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
