| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Death Wish 3 | $4,082,453 | $3,161,679 | 77.4% | $920,774 | 22.6% | 1,460 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 2 | Target | $3,619,534 | $2,670,522 | 73.8% | $949,012 | 26.2% | 1,085 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $3,491,205 | $2,533,091 | 72.6% | $958,114 | 27.4% | 1,130 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 4 | Jagged Edge | $3,318,918 | $2,578,353 | 77.7% | $740,565 | 22.3% | 1,062 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Transylvania 6-5000 | $3,307,251 | $2,507,542 | 75.8% | $799,709 | 24.2% | 701 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $3,265,587 | $2,502,780 | 76.6% | $762,807 | 23.4% | 800 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Back to the Future | $2,910,335 | $2,223,530 | 76.4% | $686,805 | 23.6% | 1,045 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $2,423,732 | $1,819,203 | 75.1% | $604,529 | 24.9% | 522 | 2 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 9 | Krush Groove | $1,818,777 | $1,421,353 | 78.2% | $397,424 | 21.8% | 450 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 10 | Commando | $1,787,963 | $1,302,673 | 72.9% | $485,290 | 27.1% | 975 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Agnes of God | $1,428,465 | $1,047,387 | 73.3% | $381,078 | 26.7% | 619 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $1,341,954 | $963,309 | 71.8% | $378,645 | 28.2% | 905 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Better Off Dead | $970,272 | $749,254 | 77.2% | $221,018 | 22.8% | 511 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | Subway | $20,746 | $11,332 | 54.6% | $9,414 | 45.4% | 1 | 2 | Island Alive | - | false |
| - | Sweet Dreams | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Silver Bullet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Bring on the Night | - | $1,132,112 | - | - | - | - | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | After Hours | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
