| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $15,901,054 | +89.3% | 30.4% | 3 | Three Fugitives | $8,139,350 | 51.2% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,852,344 | -18.3% | 16.9% | 2 | Rain Man | $8,852,344 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 3 | 5 | $6,688,846 | +2.7% | 12.8% | 2 | Mississippi Burning | $4,598,174 | 68.7% | 8 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,731,845 | -27.9% | 10.9% | 3 | Twins | $5,731,845 | 100% | 8 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,969,104 | -29.1% | 9.5% | 3 | The Accidental Tourist | $3,195,885 | 64.3% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,954,041 | -3.4% | 7.6% | 2 | Working Girl | $3,954,041 | 100% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,558,339 | -10.6% | 6.8% | 1 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $3,558,339 | 100% | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
