| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Commando | $7,700,015 | - | 1,495 | - | $5,150 | $7,700,015 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | - | Jagged Edge | $4,094,091 | - | 1,125 | - | $3,639 | $4,094,091 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Agnes of God | $3,572,553 | -15.1% | 623 | +15 | $5,734 | $10,202,226 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Invasion U.S.A. | $3,487,793 | -49.4% | 1,735 | - | $2,010 | $12,575,388 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Back to the Future | $3,382,658 | -14.8% | 1,350 | -89 | $2,505 | $159,526,773 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $1,204,856 | -9.5% | 842 | -39 | $1,430 | $36,335,997 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Teen Wolf | $1,057,500 | -27.2% | 940 | -90 | $1,125 | $28,787,961 | 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 8 | - | Plenty | $764,606 | - | 143 | - | $5,346 | $1,814,401 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Maxie | $700,021 | -37.6% | 777 | -1 | $900 | $2,153,582 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $649,802 | +3.4% | 143 | +28 | $4,544 | $6,220,502 | 11 | Island Alive | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | The Journey of Natty Gann | $639,395 | +30.4% | 205 | +42 | $3,119 | $1,292,518 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Cocoon | $616,695 | -12.2% | 614 | -94 | $1,004 | $75,901,168 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | Dreamchild | $5,425 | - | 1 | - | $5,425 | $5,425 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | - | Colonel Redl | $2,357 | - | 1 | - | $2,357 | $2,357 | 1 | Orion Classics | true | false |
