| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $16,839,595 | -5.2% | 28.6% | 3 | Tightrope | $8,372,213 | 49.7% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,038,843 | -6.9% | 20.5% | 2 | Ghostbusters | $7,416,330 | 61.6% | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,324,736 | -26.9% | 10.7% | 2 | Red Dawn | $3,879,506 | 61.3% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 4 | $6,306,727 | -20.4% | 10.7% | 3 | Revenge of the Nerds | $4,359,296 | 69.1% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 5 | $4,195,581 | -2.8% | 7.1% | 1 | The Woman in Red | $4,195,581 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $2,572,867 | +12.4% | 4.4% | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $2,572,867 | 100% | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - |
