| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $51,803,457 | +13.2% | 67.7% | 3 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | $25,229,913 | 48.7% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $6,364,000 | +9% | 8.3% | 3 | Streets of Fire | $3,338,000 | 52.5% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $5,506,934 | +6% | 7.2% | 3 | Once Upon a Time in America | $3,088,879 | 56.1% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 2 | $4,767,058 | -42.6% | 6.2% | 1 | The Natural | $4,767,058 | 100% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $3,580,012 | -44.4% | 4.7% | 2 | Breakin' | $3,580,012 | 100% | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,274,829 | -32.9% | 4.3% | 1 | Romancing the Stone | $3,274,829 | 100% | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 7 | $972,669 | -56.5% | 1.3% | 1 | Splash | $972,669 | 100% | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 10 | $208,954 | -58.2% | 0.3% | 1 | This Is Spinal Tap | $208,954 | 100% | 14 | Embassy Pictures | - |
