| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $7,004,322 | -27.2% | 23.1% | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $4,763,065 | 68% | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $6,588,431 | -26.4% | 21.7% | 3 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $4,118,090 | 62.5% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 3 | $5,157,096 | -19% | 17% | 4 | Silkwood | $3,361,130 | 65.2% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,044,530 | -35.9% | 10% | 2 | Sudden Impact | $3,044,530 | 100% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,163,000 | -53.8% | 7.1% | 2 | Scarface | $2,163,000 | 100% | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,068,756 | -42.7% | 6.8% | 2 | The Big Chill | $1,133,981 | 54.8% | 17 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,838,021 | -35.3% | 6.1% | 1 | Angel | $1,838,021 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,575,840 | -9.8% | 5.2% | 2 | Gorky Park | $1,206,657 | 76.6% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
