| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $4,835,946 | -14.1% | 23.3% | 3 | Stand by Me | $3,029,008 | 62.6% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $4,367,817 | +4.4% | 21.1% | 2 | Top Gun | $3,292,817 | 75.4% | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,155,007 | -10.9% | 15.2% | 3 | The Fly | $1,578,462 | 50% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $2,332,253 | -6.4% | 11.3% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $1,517,223 | 65.1% | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 8 | $1,966,252 | +91.4% | 9.5% | 2 | The Men's Club | $1,146,992 | 58.3% | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 6 | 5 | $1,431,551 | -4.8% | 6.9% | 1 | Ruthless People | $1,431,551 | 100% | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,227,879 | +2.3% | 5.9% | 1 | Back to School | $1,227,879 | 100% | 15 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 11 | $470,113 | +1,344.5% | 2.3% | 1 | Shanghai Surprise | $470,113 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
