| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 3 | $11,515,057 | +99.2% | 25.8% | 3 | The Fly | $7,007,423 | 60.9% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $9,058,455 | +38.6% | 20.3% | 4 | Armed and Dangerous | $4,348,276 | 48% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $7,621,119 | -31% | 17.1% | 4 | Top Gun | $3,117,183 | 40.9% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $4,804,217 | +3.5% | 10.8% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $3,217,097 | 67% | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $3,993,010 | -28.4% | 8.9% | 2 | Ruthless People | $2,458,257 | 61.6% | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 9 | $3,129,647 | +75.9% | 7% | 2 | Manhunter | $2,204,400 | 70.4% | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,017,201 | -41.3% | 4.5% | 1 | One Crazy Summer | $2,017,201 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,495,713 | -27.2% | 3.3% | 1 | Back to School | $1,495,713 | 100% | 10 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,027,336 | -72.4% | 2.3% | 2 | Howard the Duck | $1,027,336 | 100% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
