| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Death Wish 3 | $3,161,679 | -40.6% | 1,460 | - | $2,165 | $10,166,764 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 2 | - | Target | $2,670,522 | - | 1,085 | - | $2,461 | $2,670,522 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Jagged Edge | $2,578,353 | -16.9% | 1,062 | -44 | $2,427 | $25,788,557 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $2,533,091 | -28.7% | 1,130 | -5 | $2,241 | $7,408,930 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | Transylvania 6-5000 | $2,507,542 | - | 701 | - | $3,577 | $2,507,542 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | That Was Then... This Is Now | $2,502,780 | - | 800 | - | $3,128 | $2,502,780 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Back to the Future | $2,223,530 | -5.8% | 1,045 | -104 | $2,127 | $175,741,903 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $1,819,203 | -36.5% | 522 | - | $3,485 | $5,569,131 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Krush Groove | $1,421,353 | -22.6% | 450 | -42 | $3,158 | $7,313,202 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Commando | $1,302,673 | -32.9% | 975 | -262 | $1,336 | $31,158,395 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | - | Bring on the Night | $1,132,112 | - | 409 | - | $2,768 | $1,132,112 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 12 | 8 | Agnes of God | $1,047,387 | -27.4% | 619 | -13 | $1,692 | $22,262,164 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | $963,309 | -31.6% | 905 | -120 | $1,064 | $12,421,181 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Better Off Dead | $749,254 | -34.1% | 511 | -111 | $1,466 | $9,066,803 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Official Story | $29,426 | - | 1 | - | $29,426 | $29,426 | 1 | Almi Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | - | Subway | $11,332 | - | 1 | - | $11,332 | $11,332 | 1 | Island Alive | true | false |
