| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Back to the Future | $5,391,822 | $4,134,257 | 76.7% | $1,257,565 | 23.3% | 1,472 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Teen Wolf | $3,186,342 | $2,342,280 | 73.5% | $844,062 | 26.5% | 1,310 | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 3 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $2,243,322 | $1,762,572 | 78.6% | $480,750 | 21.4% | 877 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Compromising Positions | $1,987,653 | $1,474,451 | 74.2% | $513,202 | 25.8% | 574 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Cocoon | $1,472,250 | $1,054,143 | 71.6% | $418,107 | 28.4% | 779 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Year of the Dragon | $1,340,666 | $958,830 | 71.5% | $381,836 | 28.5% | 711 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Volunteers | $1,276,864 | $1,086,864 | 85.1% | $190,000 | 14.9% | 764 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Silverado | $1,211,532 | $868,379 | 71.7% | $343,153 | 28.3% | 723 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | American Ninja | $1,209,409 | $905,242 | 74.8% | $304,167 | 25.2% | 504 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 10 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $1,141,947 | $873,947 | 76.5% | $268,000 | 23.5% | 780 | 18 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | $1,074,307 | $842,947 | 78.5% | $231,360 | 21.5% | 762 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Agnes of God | $349,033 | $221,552 | 63.5% | $127,481 | 36.5% | 8 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | After Hours | $90,701 | $45,435 | 50.1% | $45,266 | 49.9% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Plenty | $34,750 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | $14,271 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | St. Elmo's Fire | - | $838,886 | - | - | - | 727 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Wetherby | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Summer Rental | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Gremlins 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Heat and Dust | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
