| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $9,629,147 | -22.5% | 24.3% | 3 | Three Fugitives | $5,477,051 | 56.9% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 5 | $7,710,657 | +99.7% | 19.5% | 3 | Her Alibi | $5,037,047 | 65.3% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $5,449,961 | -20.2% | 13.8% | 1 | Rain Man | $5,449,961 | 100% | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 3 | $3,525,093 | -32% | 8.9% | 2 | Mississippi Burning | $2,475,978 | 70.2% | 9 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,348,800 | -30.3% | 8.5% | 1 | Twins | $3,348,800 | 100% | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,538,140 | -15.5% | 6.4% | 1 | Working Girl | $2,538,140 | 100% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,898,870 | -33.8% | 4.8% | 1 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $1,898,870 | 100% | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 11 | $1,029,058 | +10,360% | 2.6% | 2 | Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | $1,029,058 | 100% | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 10 | 8 | $618,591 | -65.2% | 1.6% | 1 | Physical Evidence | $618,591 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
