| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $17,764,210 | -24.4% | 33% | 3 | Tightrope | $9,936,957 | 55.9% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,936,367 | -28.5% | 24% | 3 | Ghostbusters | $7,000,313 | 54.1% | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $8,649,282 | +1.5% | 16.1% | 2 | Red Dawn | $4,891,415 | 56.6% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 3 | $7,923,178 | -26.9% | 14.7% | 3 | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,474,395 | 56.5% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 5 | $4,316,101 | -25.5% | 8% | 1 | The Woman in Red | $4,316,101 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,288,216 | -13.1% | 4.2% | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,288,216 | 100% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
