| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $12,526,143 | +52.2% | 34.1% | 2 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $6,275,647 | 50.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 10 | $8,881,035 | +2,104.3% | 24.2% | 2 | Back to School | $8,881,035 | 100% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $3,436,119 | -41.3% | 9.3% | 2 | Raw Deal | $2,761,395 | 80.4% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 4 | 6 | $3,079,609 | +5.5% | 8.4% | 3 | SpaceCamp | $1,576,064 | 51.2% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 3 | $2,783,728 | -44.5% | 7.6% | 1 | Cobra | $2,783,728 | 100% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,222,901 | -47.2% | 6% | 1 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $2,222,901 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,104,270 | -35.9% | 5.7% | 1 | Short Circuit | $2,104,270 | 100% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $926,421 | -54.7% | 2.5% | 1 | Invaders from Mars | $926,421 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 9 | 8 | $706,022 | -45.7% | 1.9% | 1 | Sweet Liberty | $706,022 | 100% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
