| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $8,783,216 | +4.2% | 20.9% | 1 | Splash | $8,783,216 | 100% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,600,785 | -11.5% | 20.5% | 2 | Footloose | $6,383,965 | 74.2% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $3,574,003 | -31.1% | 8.5% | 1 | Against All Odds | $3,574,003 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,157,040 | -32.3% | 7.5% | 3 | Blame It on Rio | $1,702,996 | 53.9% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,066,864 | -19.7% | 7.3% | 2 | Children of the Corn | $3,066,864 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,546,986 | -48.3% | 3.7% | 2 | Lassiter | $1,546,986 | 100% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,351,130 | -31.1% | 3.2% | 1 | Weekend Pass | $1,351,130 | 100% | 7 | Crown | - |
| 10 | 6 | $1,151,423 | -61.9% | 2.7% | 2 | The Hotel New Hampshire | $1,151,423 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 11 | 9 | $87,762 | +26.2% | 0.2% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $87,762 | 100% | 3 | Embassy Pictures | - |
