| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $33,132,595 | +65% | 41.5% | 3 | Back to the Future | $17,256,000 | 52.1% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $14,810,597 | -37.4% | 18.5% | 3 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | $8,047,184 | 54.3% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 4 | $11,269,908 | +17.1% | 14.1% | 3 | Cocoon | $6,382,278 | 56.6% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $9,084,305 | -17.8% | 11.4% | 2 | Silverado | $5,555,742 | 61.2% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $6,780,324 | +10.4% | 8.5% | 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $4,923,440 | 72.6% | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $2,847,878 | -29% | 3.6% | 1 | The Emerald Forest | $2,847,878 | 100% | 3 | Embassy Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,909,704 | -65.2% | 2.4% | 1 | Explorers | $1,909,704 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $59,034 | -95.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Wetherby | $59,034 | 100% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
