| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 4 | $18,207,565 | +98.7% | 26% | 3 | The Fly | $10,955,203 | 60.2% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $13,535,282 | +31.5% | 19.3% | 4 | Armed and Dangerous | $6,531,317 | 48.3% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $12,315,256 | +1.7% | 17.6% | 4 | Top Gun | $5,318,414 | 43.2% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $7,117,217 | +2.9% | 10.1% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $4,741,097 | 66.6% | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $6,494,025 | -33.4% | 9.3% | 2 | Ruthless People | $3,879,165 | 59.7% | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 9 | $4,904,281 | +74.1% | 7% | 2 | Manhunter | $3,389,485 | 69.1% | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,377,906 | -39% | 4.8% | 1 | One Crazy Summer | $3,377,906 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 8 | $2,487,096 | -24.9% | 3.5% | 1 | Back to School | $2,487,096 | 100% | 10 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,686,251 | -71.5% | 2.4% | 2 | Howard the Duck | $1,686,251 | 100% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
