| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $10,051,683 | -12.2% | 25.5% | 3 | Tootsie | $3,842,492 | 38.2% | 18 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,731,099 | +2.8% | 17.1% | 5 | The Meaning of Life | $2,299,171 | 34.2% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $5,339,377 | -27.4% | 13.5% | 3 | The Outsiders | $2,806,925 | 52.6% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,445,199 | -40.3% | 6.2% | 1 | Max Dugan Returns | $2,445,199 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $1,273,005 | -24.3% | 3.2% | 1 | The Sword in the Stone | $1,273,005 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $726,876 | -32.5% | 1.8% | 1 | My Tutor | $726,876 | 100% | 7 | Crown | - |
