| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $10,287,225 | +41% | 26.8% | 3 | Lean on Me | $4,579,440 | 44.5% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 5 | $5,295,680 | +6.6% | 13.8% | 3 | New York Stories | $2,410,107 | 45.5% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $5,091,416 | -0.9% | 13.3% | 3 | Skin Deep | $3,916,696 | 76.9% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 2 | $3,786,593 | -44.6% | 9.9% | 2 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | $3,351,941 | 88.5% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $3,615,860 | -34.6% | 9.4% | 2 | The 'Burbs | $2,607,750 | 72.1% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,140,587 | -18.6% | 8.2% | 1 | Rain Man | $3,140,587 | 100% | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,575,000 | -29.5% | 4.1% | 1 | Cousins | $1,575,000 | 100% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,246,236 | -51.5% | 3.2% | 1 | Dream a Little Dream | $1,246,236 | 100% | 2 | Vestron Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $612,904 | -47.4% | 1.6% | 3 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | $597,400 | 97.5% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
