| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 2 | $16,091,113 | +11.1% | 34.2% | 3 | Back to the Future | $8,428,452 | 52.4% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $13,167,039 | -29.6% | 28% | 5 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | $7,365,477 | 55.9% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $9,977,940 | +105.8% | 21.2% | 3 | Fright Night | $6,118,543 | 61.3% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $3,072,085 | -26.5% | 6.5% | 1 | The Black Cauldron | $3,072,085 | 100% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,561,039 | -46.3% | 5.4% | 2 | Cocoon | $2,561,039 | 100% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,155,710 | -39.3% | 4.6% | 1 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $2,155,710 | 100% | 11 | TriStar Pictures | - |
