| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $4,873,888 | +0.7% | 20.4% | 4 | Target | $2,021,764 | 41.5% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 10 | $4,025,657 | +255.6% | 16.8% | 1 | Once Bitten | $4,025,657 | 100% | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 3 | 2 | $3,209,640 | -11.5% | 13.4% | 2 | Jagged Edge | $2,341,962 | 73% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,005,023 | -36.6% | 8.4% | 1 | Death Wish 3 | $2,005,023 | 100% | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 5 | 7 | $1,947,661 | -12.4% | 8.1% | 1 | Back to the Future | $1,947,661 | 100% | 20 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $1,906,512 | -24.7% | 8% | 1 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $1,906,512 | 100% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,721,240 | -31.2% | 7.2% | 1 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $1,721,240 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 5 | $1,532,818 | -38.9% | 6.4% | 1 | Transylvania 6-5000 | $1,532,818 | 100% | 2 | New World Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,093,529 | -39.9% | 4.6% | 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $1,093,529 | 100% | 3 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 10 | 9 | $972,010 | -25.4% | 4.1% | 1 | Commando | $972,010 | 100% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 11 | 11 | $621,180 | -35.5% | 2.6% | 1 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $621,180 | 100% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
