| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $14,233,149 | +5.2% | 23.2% | 4 | Stand by Me | $6,022,475 | 42.3% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $12,288,354 | -32.5% | 20% | 2 | The Fly | $7,126,158 | 58% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | $8,638,650 | -29.9% | 14.1% | 4 | Top Gun | $5,206,339 | 60.3% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $6,120,063 | -14% | 10% | 4 | Nothing in Common | $3,829,832 | 62.6% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $5,026,735 | -22.6% | 8.2% | 2 | Ruthless People | $3,192,056 | 63.5% | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $2,803,123 | -42.8% | 4.6% | 2 | Manhunter | $1,971,392 | 70.3% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,936,285 | -22.1% | 3.2% | 1 | Back to School | $1,936,285 | 100% | 11 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 10 | 7 | $1,826,158 | -45.9% | 3% | 1 | One Crazy Summer | $1,826,158 | 100% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 11 | 9 | $569,100 | -66.3% | 0.9% | 1 | Howard the Duck | $569,100 | 100% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
