| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Once Bitten | $4,317,401 | $4,025,657 | 93.2% | $291,744 | 6.8% | 1,095 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 2 | Jagged Edge | $2,915,510 | $2,341,962 | 80.3% | $573,548 | 19.7% | 1,064 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Target | $2,596,160 | $2,021,764 | 77.9% | $574,396 | 22.1% | 1,085 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $2,562,759 | $1,906,512 | 74.4% | $656,247 | 25.6% | 1,031 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 5 | Death Wish 3 | $2,419,364 | $2,005,023 | 82.9% | $414,341 | 17.1% | 1,253 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 6 | Back to the Future | $2,401,470 | $1,947,661 | 81.1% | $453,809 | 18.9% | 1,048 | 21 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | $2,203,824 | $1,847,962 | 83.8% | $355,862 | 16.2% | 1,088 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $2,170,418 | $1,721,240 | 79.3% | $449,178 | 20.7% | 800 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Transylvania 6-5000 | $1,758,683 | $1,532,818 | 87.2% | $225,865 | 12.8% | 699 | 2 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Commando | $1,303,252 | $972,010 | 74.6% | $331,242 | 25.4% | 824 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Krush Groove | $1,251,075 | $1,004,162 | 80.3% | $246,913 | 19.7% | 455 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Agnes of God | $1,128,962 | $867,678 | 76.9% | $261,284 | 23.1% | 627 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous | $838,042 | $621,180 | 74.1% | $216,862 | 25.9% | 686 | 6 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Subway | $61,882 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | Island Alive | - | false |
| 15 | Smooth Talk | $16,785 | $16,785 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 1 | International Spectrafilm | - | false |
| - | Eleni | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Better Off Dead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
