| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $11,336,918 | +130.4% | 36% | 2 | Gung Ho | $7,170,830 | 63.3% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $4,785,798 | -22.1% | 15.2% | 2 | The Color Purple | $3,006,827 | 62.8% | 13 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,647,019 | -20.4% | 11.6% | 2 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $2,707,966 | 74.3% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 8 | $3,493,543 | +106.2% | 11.1% | 2 | Crossroads | $2,071,680 | 59.3% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,848,902 | -21.8% | 9.1% | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $2,848,902 | 100% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,204,280 | -39.9% | 7% | 1 | House | $2,204,280 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,859,640 | -8.7% | 5.9% | 2 | Out of Africa | $1,360,825 | 73.2% | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,273,196 | -48.1% | 4% | 1 | Highlander | $1,273,196 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
