| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Commando | $7,811,439 | - | - | - | - | 1,503 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Jagged Edge | $5,101,673 | - | - | - | - | 1,139 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Silver Bullet | $4,800,810 | - | - | - | - | 1,285 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $3,966,402 | - | - | - | - | 1,170 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Back to the Future | $3,807,913 | $2,979,419 | 78.2% | $828,494 | 21.8% | 1,272 | 16 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Agnes of God | $3,587,663 | - | - | - | - | 641 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Better Off Dead | $2,939,527 | - | - | - | - | 650 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Sweet Dreams | $2,682,304 | - | - | - | - | 778 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | After Hours | $2,493,144 | - | - | - | - | 496 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Invasion U.S.A. | $2,344,250 | - | - | - | - | 1,329 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 11 | Teen Wolf | $1,258,627 | - | - | - | - | 861 | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 12 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $1,234,013 | - | - | - | - | 859 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 13 | The Journey of Natty Gann | $1,065,375 | - | - | - | - | 278 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | When Father Was Away on Business | $16,131 | $11,614 | 72% | $4,517 | 28% | 1 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| - | Cocoon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Streamers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Maxie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
