| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 4 | $22,824,339 | +116.8% | 27.4% | 3 | Back to the Future | $18,433,091 | 80.8% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $15,858,888 | -28.3% | 19% | 2 | Pale Rider | $9,963,935 | 62.8% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $12,294,718 | -22.6% | 14.8% | 2 | Cocoon | $9,467,761 | 77% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $10,408,895 | -25.7% | 12.5% | 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $9,058,295 | 87% | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $6,502,705 | +122.7% | 7.8% | 2 | Red Sonja | $4,690,605 | 72.1% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 5 | $6,190,708 | -38.3% | 7.4% | 1 | St. Elmo's Fire | $6,190,708 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,583,172 | -46.6% | 1.9% | 1 | Return to Oz | $1,583,172 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
