| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $7,134,796 | -12.3% | 26.3% | 3 | Stand by Me | $3,912,142 | 54.8% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $5,535,839 | -3.2% | 20.4% | 2 | Top Gun | $4,031,789 | 72.8% | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $4,734,221 | -23.4% | 17.5% | 2 | The Fly | $2,527,795 | 53.4% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,187,836 | -19.6% | 11.8% | 3 | Nothing in Common | $1,900,857 | 59.6% | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $1,986,326 | -16.6% | 7.3% | 1 | Ruthless People | $1,986,326 | 100% | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,600,440 | -10.4% | 5.9% | 1 | Back to School | $1,600,440 | 100% | 14 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,361,828 | -35.6% | 5% | 1 | Extremities | $1,361,828 | 100% | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 10 | 8 | $47,199 | -85.2% | 0.2% | 1 | Shanghai Surprise | $47,199 | 100% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
