| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $16,842,774 | -14.6% | 37.2% | 2 | Good Morning, Vietnam | $10,806,276 | 64.2% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $5,978,162 | -8.8% | 13.2% | 2 | Moonstruck | $4,801,681 | 80.3% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 4 | $4,409,405 | -29.2% | 9.7% | 3 | Fatal Attraction | $1,766,311 | 40.1% | 19 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $4,145,123 | -26.7% | 9.1% | 2 | Broadcast News | $2,601,659 | 62.8% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 2 | $3,922,941 | -44% | 8.7% | 2 | The Couch Trip | $2,089,062 | 53.3% | 2 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,870,168 | -40.7% | 6.3% | 1 | For Keeps? | $2,870,168 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,105,624 | -25.2% | 4.6% | 1 | Throw Momma from the Train | $2,105,624 | 100% | 7 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,218,060 | -34.3% | 2.7% | 1 | *batteries not included | $1,218,060 | 100% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $770,000 | -27.6% | 1.7% | 1 | Empire of the Sun | $770,000 | 100% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 10 | $678,798 | +0.2% | 1.5% | 1 | The Last Emperor | $678,798 | 100% | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - |
