| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Death Wish 3 | $4,082,453 | -41.7% | 1,460 | - | $2,796 | $11,087,538 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 2 | - | Target | $3,619,534 | - | 1,085 | - | $3,335 | $3,619,534 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $3,491,205 | -28.4% | 1,130 | -5 | $3,089 | $8,367,044 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Jagged Edge | $3,318,918 | -14.5% | 1,062 | -44 | $3,125 | $26,529,122 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Transylvania 6-5000 | $3,307,251 | - | 701 | - | $4,717 | $3,307,251 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | That Was Then... This Is Now | $3,265,587 | - | 800 | - | $4,081 | $3,265,587 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Back to the Future | $2,910,335 | -1.6% | 1,045 | -104 | $2,785 | $176,428,708 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $2,423,732 | -35.4% | 522 | - | $4,643 | $6,173,660 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Krush Groove | $1,818,777 | -21.1% | 450 | -42 | $4,041 | $7,710,626 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Commando | $1,787,963 | -30.5% | 975 | -262 | $1,833 | $31,643,685 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Agnes of God | $1,428,465 | -20.3% | 619 | -13 | $2,307 | $22,643,242 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | $1,341,954 | -26.4% | 905 | -120 | $1,482 | $12,799,826 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Better Off Dead | $970,272 | -31.5% | 511 | -111 | $1,898 | $9,287,821 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Subway | $20,746 | - | 1 | - | $20,746 | $20,746 | 2 | Island Alive | false | false |
