| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Once Bitten | $4,317,401 | - | 1,095 | - | $3,942 | $4,317,401 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 2 | 4 | Jagged Edge | $2,915,510 | -12.2% | 1,064 | +2 | $2,740 | $29,444,632 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Target | $2,596,160 | -28.3% | 1,085 | - | $2,392 | $6,215,694 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $2,562,759 | -26.6% | 1,031 | -99 | $2,485 | $10,929,803 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 1 | Death Wish 3 | $2,419,364 | -40.7% | 1,253 | -207 | $1,930 | $13,506,902 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Back to the Future | $2,401,470 | -17.5% | 1,048 | +3 | $2,291 | $178,830,178 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | $2,203,824 | - | 1,088 | - | $2,025 | $2,203,824 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $2,170,418 | -33.5% | 800 | - | $2,713 | $5,436,005 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Transylvania 6-5000 | $1,758,683 | -46.8% | 699 | -2 | $2,515 | $5,065,934 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Commando | $1,303,252 | -27.1% | 824 | -151 | $1,581 | $32,946,937 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Krush Groove | $1,251,075 | -31.2% | 455 | +5 | $2,749 | $8,961,701 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Agnes of God | $1,128,962 | -21% | 627 | +8 | $1,800 | $23,772,204 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | $838,042 | -37.6% | 686 | -219 | $1,221 | $13,637,868 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Subway | $61,882 | +198.3% | 5 | +4 | $12,376 | $82,628 | 3 | Island Alive | false | false |
| 15 | - | Smooth Talk | $16,785 | - | 2 | - | $8,392 | $16,785 | 1 | - | true | false |
