| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $10,317,625 | -17.8% | 31.5% | 3 | Crocodile Dundee | $7,087,090 | 68.7% | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $4,885,059 | -31.7% | 14.9% | 2 | The Color of Money | $3,892,932 | 79.7% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $4,026,298 | +26.7% | 12.3% | 3 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | $1,864,173 | 46.3% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $3,427,379 | -24.6% | 10.5% | 1 | Soul Man | $3,427,379 | 100% | 4 | New World Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,928,787 | -23.1% | 8.9% | 2 | Peggy Sue Got Married | $2,928,787 | 100% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $2,165,560 | -15% | 6.6% | 2 | Something Wild | $1,874,495 | 86.6% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 8 | $1,512,680 | -33% | 4.6% | 1 | 52 Pick-Up | $1,512,680 | 100% | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,479,048 | -49.6% | 4.5% | 2 | Tai-Pan | $1,115,666 | 75.4% | 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,410,309 | -29.3% | 4.3% | 1 | Stand by Me | $1,410,309 | 100% | 15 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 10 | 13 | $360,155 | +425.4% | 1.1% | 2 | The Mission | $360,155 | 100% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
