| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $7,990,372 | -31.5% | 17.4% | 3 | Police Academy | $4,581,176 | 57.3% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 5 | $5,654,874 | +80.9% | 12.3% | 2 | Hardbodies | $3,417,385 | 60.4% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $5,275,000 | +241% | 11.5% | 2 | Sixteen Candles | $5,275,000 | 100% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $5,102,572 | -17.6% | 11.1% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $5,102,572 | 100% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 2 | $4,183,175 | -50.2% | 9.1% | 2 | Footloose | $2,146,238 | 51.3% | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 4 | $2,433,303 | -34.3% | 5.3% | 1 | Splash | $2,433,303 | 100% | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 11 | 7 | $519,558 | -21.2% | 1.1% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $519,558 | 100% | 10 | Embassy Pictures | - |
