| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 7 | $9,073,345 | +297.7% | 32.3% | 3 | High Road to China | $8,242,488 | 90.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $7,712,456 | -8.1% | 27.5% | 2 | Tootsie | $4,931,349 | 63.9% | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $2,762,713 | -10% | 9.8% | 4 | 48 Hrs. | $1,872,876 | 67.8% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $2,277,354 | -13.7% | 8.1% | 2 | Sophie's Choice | $1,265,000 | 55.5% | 15 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $2,254,672 | -39.8% | 8% | 2 | 10 to Midnight | $2,254,672 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,920,317 | -18.2% | 6.8% | 2 | The Verdict | $1,053,971 | 54.9% | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 4 | $1,397,724 | -47.4% | 5% | 1 | Trenchcoat | $1,397,724 | 100% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $675,310 | +15.9% | 2.4% | 1 | My Tutor | $675,310 | 100% | 3 | Crown | - |
