| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $8,803,961 | -17.8% | 18.9% | 3 | The Color Purple | $4,797,405 | 54.5% | 11 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 4 | $6,825,447 | +49% | 14.7% | 2 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $4,681,820 | 68.6% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $5,346,785 | -15.5% | 11.5% | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $5,346,785 | 100% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $3,419,660 | -37% | 7.3% | 2 | Murphy's Romance | $2,448,914 | 71.6% | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,017,514 | -17.4% | 6.5% | 2 | Out of Africa | $2,445,949 | 81.1% | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 5 | $2,605,201 | -34.8% | 5.6% | 1 | The Delta Force | $2,605,201 | 100% | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,480,663 | -60.3% | 3.2% | 2 | The Hitcher | $1,480,663 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
