| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $8,446,497 | -16.6% | 28.9% | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $5,716,215 | 67.7% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $6,453,512 | -9.1% | 22.1% | 2 | The Color of Money | $5,292,685 | 82% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,524,711 | -20.3% | 12% | 1 | Soul Man | $3,524,711 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,335,536 | -20% | 11.4% | 1 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,335,536 | 100% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,572,044 | -28.9% | 8.8% | 2 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,018,923 | 78.5% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,990,060 | -39.1% | 6.8% | 2 | Trick or Treat | $1,629,898 | 81.9% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,135,510 | -16.3% | 3.9% | 1 | Stand by Me | $1,135,510 | 100% | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $287,623 | -44.1% | 1% | 1 | From Beyond | $287,623 | 100% | 2 | Empire Pictures | - |
| 10 | 8 | $40,366 | -95.3% | 0.1% | 2 | The Mission | $40,366 | 100% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
