| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Death Wish 3 | $7,005,085 | $5,319,116 | 75.9% | $1,685,969 | 24.1% | 1,460 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 2 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $4,875,839 | $3,551,761 | 72.8% | $1,324,078 | 27.2% | 1,135 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 3 | Jagged Edge | $3,882,134 | $3,101,086 | 79.9% | $781,048 | 20.1% | 1,106 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $3,749,928 | $2,865,475 | 76.4% | $884,453 | 23.6% | 522 | 1 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 5 | Back to the Future | $2,957,766 | $2,360,236 | 79.8% | $597,530 | 20.2% | 1,149 | 19 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Commando | $2,572,292 | $1,941,093 | 75.5% | $631,199 | 24.5% | 1,237 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 7 | Krush Groove | $2,305,981 | $1,835,199 | 79.6% | $470,782 | 20.4% | 492 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $1,824,501 | $1,408,156 | 77.2% | $416,345 | 22.8% | 1,025 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Agnes of God | $1,792,209 | $1,441,985 | 80.5% | $350,224 | 19.5% | 632 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Better Off Dead | $1,415,700 | $1,137,240 | 80.3% | $278,460 | 19.7% | 622 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | After Hours | $1,240,554 | $948,198 | 76.4% | $292,356 | 23.6% | 439 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Sweet Dreams | $1,174,800 | $898,800 | 76.5% | $276,000 | 23.5% | 761 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Silver Bullet | $852,188 | $852,188 | 100% | $0 | - | 926 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Re-Animator | $471,033 | $308,645 | 65.5% | $162,388 | 34.5% | 154 | 3 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Eleni | $40,018 | $27,875 | 69.7% | $12,143 | 30.3% | 1 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Journey of Natty Gann | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Plenty | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
