| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | King Solomon's Mines | $5,005,788 | - | 1,122 | - | $4,461 | $5,005,788 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 2 | - | One Magic Christmas | $2,662,241 | - | 824 | - | $3,230 | $2,662,241 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Once Bitten | $2,254,204 | -44% | 1,056 | -39 | $2,134 | $6,571,605 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Jagged Edge | $1,985,710 | -15.2% | 921 | -143 | $2,156 | $31,430,342 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Back to the Future | $1,694,069 | -13% | 1,027 | -21 | $1,649 | $180,524,247 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | $1,614,660 | - | 1,020 | - | $1,583 | $1,614,660 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $1,327,066 | -30.4% | 784 | -247 | $1,692 | $12,256,869 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Bad Medicine | $1,289,783 | - | 731 | - | $1,764 | $1,289,783 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | $1,169,613 | -36.7% | 1,090 | +2 | $1,073 | $3,373,437 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 3 | Target | $1,145,746 | -43.3% | 736 | -349 | $1,556 | $7,361,440 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $1,051,881 | -38.9% | 651 | -149 | $1,615 | $6,487,886 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 4 | Death Wish 3 | $1,021,957 | -49% | 742 | -511 | $1,377 | $14,528,859 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Transylvania 6-5000 | $1,007,324 | -34.3% | 691 | -8 | $1,457 | $6,073,258 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Commando | $867,262 | -10.8% | 924 | +100 | $938 | $33,814,199 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | - | White Nights | $477,539 | - | 21 | - | $22,739 | $477,539 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
