| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $10,809,272 | -35.8% | 29.7% | 3 | Tightrope | $5,260,365 | 48.7% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $7,581,386 | -37% | 20.8% | 2 | Ghostbusters | $4,705,905 | 62.1% | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $4,264,766 | -32.4% | 11.7% | 3 | Revenge of the Nerds | $2,833,444 | 66.4% | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $3,735,740 | -40.9% | 10.3% | 3 | Red Dawn | $2,487,857 | 66.6% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 6 | $3,162,897 | -24.6% | 8.7% | 1 | The Woman in Red | $3,162,897 | 100% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,249,108 | -56.8% | 6.2% | 1 | Bolero | $2,249,108 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,939,985 | -36.6% | 5.3% | 2 | C.H.U.D. | $981,560 | 50.6% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,509,458 | -41.3% | 4.1% | 1 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $1,509,458 | 100% | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,147,319 | -50.3% | 3.2% | 1 | Flashpoint | $1,147,319 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
