| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 2 | 1 | $7,038,530 | -25.4% | 19.1% | 4 | Purple Rain | $2,861,110 | 40.6% | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 2 | $6,053,011 | -20.3% | 16.4% | 3 | Ghostbusters | $3,520,885 | 58.2% | 16 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $3,716,395 | +92.5% | 10.1% | 2 | Until September | $2,563,801 | 69% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,881,536 | +3.7% | 7.8% | 2 | The Woman in Red | $1,978,389 | 68.7% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $1,942,401 | -47.4% | 5.3% | 3 | Revenge of the Nerds | $1,842,555 | 94.9% | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 3 | $895,524 | -76.5% | 2.4% | 2 | Ninja III: The Domination | $895,524 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 9 | 7 | $546,173 | -60.4% | 1.5% | 1 | The River Rat | $546,173 | 100% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
