| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $16,871,192 | -14.2% | 30.7% | 2 | Police Academy | $9,485,197 | 56.2% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 4 | $7,118,116 | +2% | 13% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $7,118,116 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | $6,624,052 | -19.6% | 12.1% | 3 | Footloose | $3,821,937 | 57.7% | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $5,849,127 | +181.1% | 10.7% | 2 | Moscow on the Hudson | $4,588,369 | 78.4% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $5,460,902 | -24.1% | 9.9% | 1 | Splash | $5,460,902 | 100% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $4,092,000 | +116.6% | 7.5% | 2 | Hard to Hold | $4,092,000 | 100% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $209,526 | -12.9% | 0.4% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $209,526 | 100% | 6 | Embassy Pictures | - |
