| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $16,431,729 | -22.7% | 22.4% | 3 | Back to the Future | $11,991,070 | 73% | 8 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $13,818,470 | -32.6% | 18.8% | 5 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $7,277,927 | 52.7% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 5 | $11,704,197 | +76% | 15.9% | 3 | Volunteers | $7,184,360 | 61.4% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $8,340,350 | -6.4% | 11.4% | 3 | Fright Night | $3,760,001 | 45.1% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 3 | $5,733,449 | -36.8% | 7.8% | 1 | Summer Rental | $5,733,449 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,899,135 | -14% | 3.9% | 1 | Cocoon | $2,899,135 | 100% | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,908,995 | -64.7% | 2.6% | 2 | The Black Cauldron | $1,908,995 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
