| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $12,623,724 | -21.5% | 27.5% | 3 | Back to the Future | $8,074,395 | 64% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,058,213 | -8.4% | 26.3% | 5 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $4,545,847 | 37.7% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,068,354 | -39.2% | 13.2% | 2 | Fright Night | $4,256,991 | 70.2% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,062,942 | +88.5% | 8.9% | 2 | Real Genius | $2,557,180 | 62.9% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,190,319 | +3.8% | 7% | 2 | The Black Cauldron | $1,686,201 | 52.9% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,095,612 | -18.2% | 4.6% | 1 | Cocoon | $2,095,612 | 100% | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
