| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $8,135,916 | -36.5% | 26.5% | 3 | Stand by Me | $4,151,644 | 51% | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $6,176,676 | -37.9% | 20.1% | 2 | The Fly | $3,322,363 | 53.8% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | $5,717,063 | -24.8% | 18.6% | 2 | Top Gun | $4,333,881 | 75.8% | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,965,768 | -31.5% | 12.9% | 3 | Nothing in Common | $2,486,128 | 62.7% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,380,393 | -48% | 7.7% | 2 | Ruthless People | $2,380,393 | 100% | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,113,051 | -36.1% | 6.9% | 1 | Extremities | $2,113,051 | 100% | 3 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 7 | 10 | $1,785,944 | -13.6% | 5.8% | 2 | Back to School | $1,785,944 | 100% | 13 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 12 | $319,294 | -63.4% | 1% | 1 | Shanghai Surprise | $319,294 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 13 | $128,254 | -69.1% | 0.4% | 1 | The Transformers: The Movie | $128,254 | 100% | 5 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
