| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $18,300,253 | -15.1% | 35.3% | 4 | Cocktail | $8,204,479 | 44.8% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $8,447,955 | -8.8% | 16.3% | 2 | Die Hard | $5,738,404 | 67.9% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | $7,346,867 | -26.4% | 14.2% | 3 | Coming to America | $5,065,482 | 68.9% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 7 | $4,801,140 | +139.6% | 9.3% | 1 | A Fish Called Wanda | $4,801,140 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,764,610 | -19% | 7.3% | 1 | Midnight Run | $3,764,610 | 100% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,172,097 | -46.5% | 6.1% | 2 | The Dead Pool | $2,204,959 | 69.5% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,644,920 | +80.4% | 5.1% | 2 | The Blob | $2,644,920 | 100% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $2,471,314 | -33.3% | 4.8% | 2 | Bull Durham | $1,426,747 | 57.7% | 8 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $916,482 | -1.8% | 1.8% | 2 | Vibes | $916,482 | 100% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
