| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | $17,157,528 | -3.8% | 30.7% | 3 | Police Academy | $8,450,293 | 49.3% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $13,416,260 | -39.6% | 24% | 3 | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter | $7,537,352 | 56.2% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $7,763,099 | -4.5% | 13.9% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $7,763,099 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $5,275,771 | -7.1% | 9.4% | 1 | Splash | $5,275,771 | 100% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,424,929 | -0.4% | 7.9% | 1 | Moscow on the Hudson | $4,424,929 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,962,000 | -25.6% | 7.1% | 2 | Iceman | $2,517,000 | 63.5% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,772,887 | -45.1% | 3.2% | 1 | Where the Boys Are | $1,772,887 | 100% | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,734,092 | -42% | 3.1% | 1 | Up the Creek | $1,734,092 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $321,015 | +57.6% | 0.6% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $321,015 | 100% | 8 | Embassy Pictures | - |
