| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $14,126,350 | -24.9% | 19.8% | 4 | Top Gun | $5,836,523 | 41.3% | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $11,277,970 | -18.4% | 15.8% | 1 | Aliens | $11,277,970 | 100% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 4 | $10,390,368 | +4.1% | 14.5% | 3 | Ruthless People | $5,357,090 | 51.6% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 9 | $9,749,121 | +236.8% | 13.6% | 2 | Howard the Duck | $8,057,367 | 82.6% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 7 | $9,054,270 | +136% | 12.7% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $5,930,850 | 65.5% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $6,729,606 | -41.2% | 9.4% | 2 | The Karate Kid Part II | $6,729,606 | 100% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $5,980,058 | -39.4% | 8.4% | 2 | Back to School | $4,034,783 | 67.5% | 8 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $2,137,361 | -53.7% | 3% | 1 | Maximum Overdrive | $2,137,361 | 100% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,992,767 | -37.4% | 2.8% | 1 | Running Scared | $1,992,767 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
