| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $7,723,992 | +43.3% | 37.1% | 2 | Back to the Future | $5,000,845 | 64.7% | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $3,049,748 | +15.7% | 14.6% | 3 | St. Elmo's Fire | $1,147,913 | 37.6% | 13 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $2,559,000 | -19.7% | 12.3% | 1 | Teen Wolf | $2,559,000 | 100% | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 4 | 5 | $2,073,353 | -11.7% | 10% | 1 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $2,073,353 | 100% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 7 | $2,024,936 | +34.4% | 9.7% | 2 | Cocoon | $1,401,272 | 69.2% | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $1,482,464 | -25.4% | 7.1% | 1 | Compromising Positions | $1,482,464 | 100% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $1,134,190 | -53.1% | 5.4% | 2 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $1,134,190 | 100% | 19 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $777,040 | -35.8% | 3.7% | 1 | American Ninja | $777,040 | 100% | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
