| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $23,243,130 | +83.8% | 38.1% | 2 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | $12,900,155 | 55.5% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 10 | $14,797,218 | +2,567.1% | 24.2% | 2 | Back to School | $14,797,218 | 100% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $5,330,004 | -35.6% | 8.7% | 2 | Raw Deal | $4,070,827 | 76.4% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 4 | 6 | $4,711,764 | +13.2% | 7.7% | 3 | SpaceCamp | $2,447,888 | 52% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 3 | $4,149,096 | -40.4% | 6.8% | 1 | Cobra | $4,149,096 | 100% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,392,933 | -41.5% | 5.6% | 1 | Poltergeist II: The Other Side | $3,392,933 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,261,934 | -29% | 5.3% | 1 | Short Circuit | $3,261,934 | 100% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,317,120 | -52.5% | 2.2% | 1 | Invaders from Mars | $1,317,120 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 9 | 8 | $706,022 | -59.3% | 1.2% | 1 | Sweet Liberty | $706,022 | 100% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
