| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $8,044,016 | -12.9% | 30.6% | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $5,521,551 | 68.6% | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $3,875,080 | -28.6% | 14.7% | 2 | The Color of Money | $3,107,994 | 80.2% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $3,127,416 | +32.8% | 11.9% | 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,465,238 | 46.9% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,827,444 | -18.6% | 10.8% | 1 | Soul Man | $2,827,444 | 100% | 4 | New World Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,746,987 | -16.4% | 10.4% | 2 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $2,628,787 | 95.7% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,636,590 | -10.4% | 6.2% | 2 | Something Wild | $1,416,522 | 86.6% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 9 | $1,316,136 | -8.9% | 5% | 1 | Stand by Me | $1,316,136 | 100% | 15 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,162,767 | -29.7% | 4.4% | 1 | 52 Pick-Up | $1,162,767 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,084,842 | -49.8% | 4.1% | 2 | Tai-Pan | $832,049 | 76.7% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 10 | 12 | $260,673 | +491.8% | 1% | 1 | The Mission | $260,673 | 100% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
