| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Pretty in Pink | $6,065,870 | - | 827 | - | $7,334 | $6,065,870 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | House | $5,923,972 | - | 1,440 | - | $4,113 | $5,923,972 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $4,172,643 | -17.3% | 1,082 | +24 | $3,856 | $34,565,509 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Color Purple | $3,557,053 | -13.1% | 1,109 | - | $3,207 | $64,382,796 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $3,479,769 | +193% | 418 | +354 | $8,324 | $8,946,747 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Wildcats | $3,196,701 | -26.1% | 1,062 | +8 | $3,010 | $15,111,241 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Delta Force | $2,005,201 | -42.5% | 1,221 | -499 | $1,642 | $12,635,247 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Murphy's Romance | $1,898,210 | -23.6% | 941 | -66 | $2,017 | $20,346,285 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Out of Africa | $1,786,185 | -22.7% | 909 | -114 | $1,965 | $65,522,379 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | F/X | $1,602,303 | -30% | 841 | -11 | $1,905 | $12,617,753 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Hitcher | $1,078,183 | -49.5% | 793 | -1 | $1,359 | $3,512,397 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Quicksilver | $731,031 | -62.6% | 887 | -366 | $824 | $6,657,988 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Back to the Future | $457,975 | -13.1% | 325 | -15 | $1,409 | $201,193,040 | 35 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
