| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 8 | $12,829,601 | +729.3% | 27.5% | 2 | Police Academy | $11,863,740 | 92.5% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $9,901,723 | +15.1% | 21.2% | 3 | Footloose | $5,782,936 | 58.4% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $8,665,378 | -1.3% | 18.6% | 1 | Splash | $8,665,378 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $3,615,732 | -34.5% | 7.8% | 1 | The Ice Pirates | $3,615,732 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 4 | $3,511,000 | -31.5% | 7.5% | 1 | Tank | $3,511,000 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,939,518 | -17.8% | 6.3% | 2 | Against All Odds | $2,939,518 | 100% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,011,858 | -34.4% | 4.3% | 1 | Children of the Corn | $2,011,858 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,947,452 | -38.3% | 4.2% | 2 | Blame It on Rio | $1,073,032 | 55.1% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,039,085 | -23.1% | 2.2% | 1 | Weekend Pass | $1,039,085 | 100% | 8 | Crown | - |
| 10 | 11 | $143,395 | +63.4% | 0.3% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $143,395 | 100% | 4 | Embassy Pictures | - |
