| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $8,282,491 | -5.9% | 19.7% | 2 | The Color Purple | $5,001,956 | 60.4% | 12 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 3 | $6,298,489 | -16% | 15% | 1 | Pretty in Pink | $6,298,489 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $6,194,853 | -9.2% | 14.7% | 2 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $4,364,128 | 70.4% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $4,844,030 | -36.1% | 11.5% | 1 | House | $4,844,030 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $4,816,228 | -9.9% | 11.4% | 2 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $4,816,228 | 100% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,806,378 | -7% | 6.7% | 2 | Out of Africa | $2,127,303 | 75.8% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $2,310,358 | -32.4% | 5.5% | 2 | Murphy's Romance | $2,310,358 | 100% | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,790,160 | -31.3% | 4.3% | 1 | The Delta Force | $1,790,160 | 100% | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
