| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $15,867,053 | +178% | 49.9% | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $11,337,214 | 71.5% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $5,556,480 | +38.9% | 17.5% | 4 | The Boy Who Could Fly | $1,990,440 | 35.8% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 1 | $5,227,004 | -13.2% | 16.4% | 2 | Stand by Me | $3,499,688 | 67% | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 6 | $1,663,588 | -11.3% | 5.2% | 1 | Ruthless People | $1,663,588 | 100% | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $1,247,104 | -55.3% | 3.9% | 2 | Nothing in Common | $1,247,104 | 100% | 9 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,198,151 | -24.8% | 3.8% | 2 | Back to School | $1,198,151 | 100% | 16 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 8 | $900,805 | -31.3% | 2.8% | 2 | Blue Velvet | $900,805 | 100% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 8 | 9 | $146,103 | -75.9% | 0.5% | 1 | Shanghai Surprise | $146,103 | 100% | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
