| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Jagged Edge | $4,186,799 | $3,216,053 | 76.8% | $970,746 | 23.2% | 1,126 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Commando | $3,647,289 | $2,756,795 | 75.6% | $890,494 | 24.4% | 1,481 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Krush Groove | $3,585,868 | $2,905,293 | 81% | $680,575 | 19% | 519 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Back to the Future | $2,868,081 | $2,244,311 | 78.2% | $623,770 | 21.8% | 1,284 | 18 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $2,316,887 | $1,919,811 | 82.9% | $397,076 | 17.1% | 1,175 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Silver Bullet | $2,017,337 | $1,495,590 | 74.1% | $521,747 | 25.9% | 1,199 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Agnes of God | $1,973,900 | $1,499,766 | 76% | $474,134 | 24% | 646 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | After Hours | $1,535,110 | $1,172,430 | 76.4% | $362,680 | 23.6% | 485 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Better Off Dead | $1,514,573 | $1,228,281 | 81.1% | $286,292 | 18.9% | 616 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Sweet Dreams | $1,378,243 | $1,085,700 | 78.8% | $292,543 | 21.2% | 770 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Journey of Natty Gann | $1,042,615 | $803,062 | 77% | $239,553 | 23% | 362 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Re-Animator | $827,440 | $620,580 | 75% | $206,860 | 25% | 185 | 2 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $793,600 | $696,504 | 87.8% | $97,096 | 12.2% | 204 | 14 | Island Alive | - | false |
| - | Plenty | - | - | - | - | - | 228 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Marie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Vertigo 1983 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Possession | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Limelight International | - | false |
| - | The Holcroft Covenant | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Quiet Earth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Skouras Pictures | - | false |
| - | Dreamchild | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Invasion U.S.A. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
