| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $10,714,855 | -23.8% | 25.6% | 3 | The Color Purple | $5,383,731 | 50.2% | 10 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $6,330,776 | -25.2% | 15.1% | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $6,330,776 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $5,423,984 | -31% | 13% | 2 | Murphy's Romance | $3,118,630 | 57.5% | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $4,581,879 | -21% | 11% | 2 | F/X | $2,954,548 | 64.5% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $3,996,732 | -39.7% | 9.6% | 1 | The Delta Force | $3,996,732 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 6 | 8 | $3,731,664 | +117.5% | 8.9% | 3 | The Hitcher | $2,434,214 | 65.2% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,653,530 | -28.7% | 8.7% | 3 | Out of Africa | $2,990,645 | 81.9% | 10 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,365,571 | -36.3% | 3.3% | 1 | Youngblood | $1,365,571 | 100% | 4 | United Artists | - |
