| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 4 | $11,575,386 | +93% | 21.9% | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $5,435,058 | 47% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $10,412,637 | -31.2% | 19.7% | 2 | Sudden Impact | $10,412,637 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 7 | $9,102,995 | +1,470.2% | 17.2% | 5 | Two of a Kind | $5,147,820 | 56.6% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 2 | $7,349,397 | +8.8% | 13.9% | 2 | Scarface | $5,068,748 | 69% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $5,066,884 | -20.6% | 9.6% | 3 | Christine | $3,045,882 | 60.1% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,313,113 | +49.5% | 6.3% | 1 | Yentl | $3,313,113 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
