| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $6,142,040 | -9.1% | 19.5% | 2 | The Color Purple | $3,636,677 | 59.2% | 12 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $4,919,668 | -18.9% | 15.6% | 1 | Pretty in Pink | $4,919,668 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $4,583,436 | -9.8% | 14.6% | 2 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $3,264,242 | 71.2% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $3,665,560 | -38.1% | 11.6% | 1 | House | $3,665,560 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,641,771 | -12.7% | 11.6% | 2 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $3,641,771 | 100% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,037,168 | -9.2% | 6.5% | 2 | Out of Africa | $1,536,668 | 75.4% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,694,127 | -35.6% | 5.4% | 2 | Murphy's Romance | $1,694,127 | 100% | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,279,905 | -36.2% | 4.1% | 1 | The Delta Force | $1,279,905 | 100% | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
