| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Commando | $5,425,253 | $4,171,033 | 76.9% | $1,254,220 | 23.1% | 1,504 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Jagged Edge | $4,499,554 | $3,364,905 | 74.8% | $1,134,649 | 25.2% | 1,133 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Back to the Future | $3,564,730 | $2,881,120 | 80.8% | $683,610 | 19.2% | 1,289 | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $3,350,082 | $2,620,337 | 78.2% | $729,745 | 21.8% | 1,174 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Silver Bullet | $3,132,876 | $2,422,194 | 77.3% | $710,682 | 22.7% | 1,285 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Agnes of God | $2,629,314 | $1,989,658 | 75.7% | $639,656 | 24.3% | 646 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Better Off Dead | $2,201,371 | $1,817,612 | 82.6% | $383,759 | 17.4% | 638 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Sweet Dreams | $2,087,955 | $1,584,936 | 75.9% | $503,019 | 24.1% | 777 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | After Hours | $1,993,717 | $1,543,891 | 77.4% | $449,826 | 22.6% | 503 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Invasion U.S.A. | $1,279,537 | $1,021,411 | 79.8% | $258,126 | 20.2% | 964 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 11 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $1,025,639 | $791,566 | 77.2% | $234,073 | 22.8% | 771 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Journey of Natty Gann | $958,983 | $764,601 | 79.7% | $194,382 | 20.3% | 273 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Re-Animator | $724,941 | $543,728 | 75% | $181,213 | 25% | 129 | 1 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Holcroft Covenant | $216,610 | $151,627 | 70% | $64,983 | 30% | 73 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | The Quiet Earth | $16,375 | $9,825 | 60% | $6,550 | 40% | 1 | 1 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Dreamchild | $9,000 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Marie | - | $559,303 | - | - | - | 465 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Kiss of the Spider Woman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Island Alive | - | false |
| - | Teen Wolf | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
