| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $18,439,605 | +113.9% | 31% | 3 | Tootsie | $10,640,415 | 57.7% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $13,460,871 | +309.8% | 22.6% | 3 | The Dark Crystal | $7,403,101 | 55% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $11,541,593 | -25% | 19.4% | 3 | 48 Hrs. | $5,292,029 | 45.9% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $7,583,368 | +932% | 12.7% | 3 | Best Friends | $6,480,764 | 85.5% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,107,608 | +180.7% | 6.9% | 1 | The Verdict | $4,107,608 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 8 | $2,305,100 | +540.9% | 3.9% | 2 | Trail of the Pink Panther | $2,305,100 | 100% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
