| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 3 | $22,202,178 | +235.2% | 31.7% | 4 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $15,082,091 | 67.9% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $17,843,843 | +5.8% | 25.5% | 3 | Police Academy | $8,255,162 | 46.3% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $8,128,550 | +14.2% | 11.6% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $8,128,550 | 100% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 5 | $5,679,072 | +4% | 8.1% | 1 | Splash | $5,679,072 | 100% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 8 | $5,322,000 | +30.1% | 7.6% | 2 | Iceman | $2,690,000 | 50.5% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $4,442,811 | -24% | 6.3% | 2 | Moscow on the Hudson | $4,442,811 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,231,260 | -29% | 4.6% | 1 | Where the Boys Are | $3,231,260 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,991,946 | -27.2% | 4.3% | 1 | Up the Creek | $2,991,946 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $203,679 | -2.8% | 0.3% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $203,679 | 100% | 7 | Embassy Pictures | - |
