| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $6,292,119 | -10.2% | 19.7% | 2 | Terms of Endearment | $4,503,443 | 71.6% | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $5,500,359 | -16.5% | 17.2% | 2 | Hot Dog... The Movie | $3,034,387 | 55.2% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 5 | $4,567,128 | +111.1% | 14.3% | 3 | The Lonely Guy | $2,585,000 | 56.6% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $4,544,058 | -11.9% | 14.2% | 3 | Silkwood | $4,544,058 | 100% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,639,338 | -13.3% | 8.3% | 3 | Sudden Impact | $2,287,215 | 86.7% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,318,796 | +47.1% | 7.3% | 3 | Broadway Danny Rose | $1,278,818 | 55.2% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,383,145 | -33.1% | 4.3% | 2 | The Big Chill | $1,383,145 | 100% | 18 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,285,459 | -30.1% | 4% | 1 | Angel | $1,285,459 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
