| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | $15,132,092 | +492.8% | 39.9% | 3 | Sudden Impact | $13,737,549 | 90.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $6,384,993 | +54.4% | 16.9% | 3 | Christine | $4,396,306 | 68.9% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 1 | $5,997,753 | +19.9% | 15.8% | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $5,997,753 | 100% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $2,216,375 | -30% | 5.9% | 2 | A Christmas Story | $2,216,375 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 6 | $814,493 | -20.2% | 2.1% | 1 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $814,493 | 100% | 10 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 7 | 5 | $579,717 | -70.9% | 1.5% | 2 | All the Right Moves | $579,717 | 100% | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
