| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | $7,335,650 | +118.9% | 27% | 2 | Unfaithfully Yours | $4,902,877 | 66.8% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 1 | $4,874,792 | -30.6% | 17.9% | 3 | Reckless | $2,103,639 | 43.2% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 2 | $3,955,781 | -26.4% | 14.6% | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $3,031,864 | 76.6% | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,650,236 | -29.4% | 9.8% | 3 | Sudden Impact | $1,489,416 | 56.2% | 10 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 6 | $2,071,982 | -25.1% | 7.6% | 1 | Never Cry Wolf | $2,071,982 | 100% | 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,606,266 | -24% | 5.9% | 1 | Weekend Pass | $1,606,266 | 100% | 2 | Crown | - |
| 7 | 8 | $1,435,363 | -0.5% | 5.3% | 1 | Angel | $1,435,363 | 100% | 5 | New World Pictures | - |
| 8 | 5 | $1,285,554 | -58.6% | 4.7% | 2 | Scarface | $1,285,554 | 100% | 10 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 10 | $1,021,381 | -8% | 3.8% | 2 | The Big Chill | $981,342 | 96.1% | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $942,672 | -19.9% | 3.5% | 1 | Broadway Danny Rose | $942,672 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
