| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $8,342,182 | -3.3% | 23.3% | 5 | Body Double | $3,661,286 | 43.9% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 9 | $6,834,904 | +418.6% | 19.1% | 2 | The Terminator | $5,560,930 | 81.4% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 6 | $6,597,101 | +102.1% | 18.4% | 2 | Terror in the Aisles | $4,957,000 | 75.1% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $4,601,472 | +12% | 12.8% | 2 | Thief of Hearts | $2,584,166 | 56.2% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $3,951,445 | -39.7% | 11% | 4 | American Dreamer | $2,002,848 | 50.7% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,123,653 | -17% | 8.7% | 1 | Places in the Heart | $3,123,653 | 100% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 3 | $2,190,574 | -49.8% | 6.1% | 1 | Teachers | $2,190,574 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 11 | $178,480 | -42.4% | 0.5% | 1 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | $178,480 | 100% | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
