| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 2 | $18,798,424 | +67.4% | 23% | 3 | Heartburn | $8,435,739 | 44.9% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $13,821,042 | -15.9% | 16.9% | 1 | Aliens | $13,821,042 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 4 | $11,435,675 | +28.2% | 14% | 2 | The Karate Kid Part II | $8,205,239 | 71.8% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $9,979,988 | -6.7% | 12.2% | 2 | Ruthless People | $6,969,084 | 69.8% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $9,861,824 | +48.8% | 12.1% | 2 | Back to School | $5,719,945 | 58% | 7 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,837,068 | -26.2% | 4.7% | 1 | About Last Night | $3,837,068 | 100% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $3,183,186 | -22.6% | 3.9% | 1 | Running Scared | $3,183,186 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 6 | $2,894,920 | -49.1% | 3.5% | 2 | Legal Eagles | $2,894,920 | 100% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $1,636,510 | -54.6% | 2% | 1 | Club Paradise | $1,636,510 | 100% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 10 | $1,496,788 | -51.3% | 1.8% | 1 | Vamp | $1,496,788 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
