| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $9,232,340 | +9.3% | 28.8% | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $6,392,661 | 69.2% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $5,429,612 | -15.9% | 17% | 2 | The Color of Money | $4,400,608 | 81% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,475,407 | -1.4% | 10.9% | 1 | Soul Man | $3,475,407 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,285,983 | -1.5% | 10.3% | 1 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,285,983 | 100% | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,354,525 | -8.5% | 7.4% | 2 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,852,209 | 78.7% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,160,100 | +8.5% | 6.7% | 3 | Tai-Pan | $1,863,469 | 86.3% | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,444,875 | +27.2% | 4.5% | 1 | Stand by Me | $1,444,875 | 100% | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 12 | 10 | $44,049 | +9.1% | 0.1% | 1 | The Mission | $44,049 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
