| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $12,556,770 | +7.4% | 29.7% | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $8,657,425 | 68.9% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $7,150,671 | -17.8% | 16.9% | 2 | The Color of Money | $5,763,820 | 80.6% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $4,548,409 | -1.3% | 10.7% | 1 | Soul Man | $4,548,409 | 100% | 3 | New World Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,810,983 | -7.8% | 9% | 1 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $3,810,983 | 100% | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,178,808 | -9.4% | 7.5% | 2 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $2,485,603 | 78.2% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,932,899 | +13.3% | 6.9% | 3 | Tai-Pan | $2,486,393 | 84.8% | 1 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,995,983 | +31.4% | 4.7% | 1 | Stand by Me | $1,995,983 | 100% | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 13 | 10 | $68,555 | -5.5% | 0.2% | 1 | The Mission | $68,555 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
