| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $20,203,828 | +69.8% | 37.8% | 3 | Back to the Future | $10,315,305 | 51.1% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $9,770,503 | -27.6% | 18.3% | 3 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | $5,371,490 | 55% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 4 | $7,274,253 | +17% | 13.6% | 3 | Cocoon | $4,135,238 | 56.8% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,919,757 | -8.1% | 11.1% | 2 | Silverado | $3,631,204 | 61.3% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $4,817,182 | +11.1% | 9% | 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $3,350,298 | 69.5% | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,909,704 | -47.1% | 3.6% | 1 | Explorers | $1,909,704 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,877,377 | -32.6% | 3.5% | 1 | The Emerald Forest | $1,877,377 | 100% | 3 | Embassy Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $37,283 | -96% | <0.1% | 2 | Wetherby | $37,283 | 100% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
