| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Invasion U.S.A. | $9,087,595 | $6,891,609 | 75.8% | $2,195,986 | 24.2% | 1,735 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 2 | Back to the Future | $4,956,555 | $3,971,640 | 80.1% | $984,915 | 19.9% | 1,439 | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Teen Wolf | $2,074,714 | $1,452,300 | 70% | $622,414 | 30% | 1,030 | 6 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 4 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $1,662,073 | $1,331,689 | 80.1% | $330,384 | 19.9% | 881 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Maxie | $1,453,561 | $1,121,531 | 77.2% | $332,030 | 22.8% | 778 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Creator | $1,365,534 | $1,017,358 | 74.5% | $348,176 | 25.5% | 803 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Cocoon | $974,907 | $702,295 | 72% | $272,612 | 28% | 708 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $835,489 | $628,147 | 75.2% | $207,342 | 24.8% | 115 | 10 | Island Alive | - | false |
| 9 | Compromising Positions | $684,349 | $684,349 | 100% | $0 | - | 493 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Journey of Natty Gann | $653,123 | $490,318 | 75.1% | $162,805 | 24.9% | 163 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Plenty | $391,381 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Code Name: Emerald | $341,243 | $241,108 | 70.7% | $100,135 | 29.3% | 195 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 13 | Marie | $338,500 | $241,423 | 71.3% | $97,077 | 28.7% | 103 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Agnes of God | - | $4,210,065 | - | - | - | 608 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | After Hours | - | $519,253 | - | - | - | 39 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Silverado | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | American Ninja | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Ghostbusters 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rambo: First Blood Part II | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Rear Window 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | St. Elmo's Fire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
