| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $14,065,440 | +90% | 26.4% | 2 | The Color Purple | $7,482,024 | 53.2% | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,459,011 | +7.7% | 15.9% | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $8,459,011 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 6 | $7,864,921 | +66.4% | 14.7% | 2 | Murphy's Romance | $4,243,318 | 54% | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $5,800,346 | -4.9% | 10.9% | 2 | F/X | $3,817,725 | 65.8% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $5,124,615 | -30.1% | 9.6% | 4 | Out of Africa | $4,384,595 | 85.6% | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,144,164 | -56.8% | 4% | 2 | Youngblood | $2,144,164 | 100% | 3 | United Artists | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,715,971 | -33.5% | 3.2% | 2 | Iron Eagle | $1,715,971 | 100% | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,501,106 | -45.2% | 2.8% | 2 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,501,106 | 100% | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
