| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $12,012,241 | +77.4% | 23% | 3 | Heartburn | $5,783,079 | 48.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,640,292 | -14% | 16.5% | 1 | Aliens | $8,640,292 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 4 | $7,109,913 | +27.8% | 13.6% | 2 | The Karate Kid Part II | $4,965,149 | 69.8% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $6,391,895 | -4.5% | 12.2% | 2 | Ruthless People | $4,585,374 | 71.7% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $6,365,677 | +49.7% | 12.2% | 2 | Back to School | $3,597,674 | 56.5% | 7 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,526,068 | -25.9% | 4.8% | 1 | About Last Night | $2,526,068 | 100% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $2,127,685 | -20.6% | 4.1% | 1 | Running Scared | $2,127,685 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,867,445 | -50.4% | 3.6% | 2 | Legal Eagles | $1,867,445 | 100% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $1,039,849 | -54.8% | 2% | 1 | Club Paradise | $1,039,849 | 100% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 10 | $1,024,141 | -53.2% | 2% | 1 | Vamp | $1,024,141 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
