| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Invasion U.S.A. | $9,087,595 | - | 1,735 | - | $5,237 | $9,087,595 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Back to the Future | $4,956,555 | -0.9% | 1,439 | -9 | $3,444 | $156,144,115 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Teen Wolf | $2,074,714 | -18.9% | 1,030 | -176 | $2,014 | $27,730,461 | 6 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $1,662,073 | -19.8% | 881 | -1 | $1,886 | $35,131,141 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Maxie | $1,453,561 | - | 778 | - | $1,868 | $1,453,561 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | Creator | $1,365,534 | -49.9% | 803 | -17 | $1,700 | $4,088,681 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Cocoon | $974,907 | -30.4% | 708 | -122 | $1,376 | $75,284,473 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $835,489 | - | 115 | +7 | $7,265 | $5,570,700 | 10 | Island Alive | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Compromising Positions | $684,349 | -53.8% | 493 | -78 | $1,388 | $10,556,383 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Journey of Natty Gann | $653,123 | - | 163 | - | $4,006 | $653,123 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 12 | Plenty | $391,381 | -37.2% | - | - | - | $1,049,795 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | - | Code Name: Emerald | $341,243 | - | 195 | - | $1,749 | $341,243 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 13 | - | Marie | $338,500 | - | 103 | - | $3,286 | $338,500 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
