| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Rocky IV | - | - | - | $127,873,716 | 2,254 | $19,991,537 | 15.6% | 1,325 | Nov 27 | - | United Artists | false |
| 2 | White Nights | - | - | - | $42,160,849 | 1,064 | $477,539 | 1.1% | 21 | Nov 22 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | - | - | - | $29,999,213 | 614 | $2,865,475 | 9.6% | 522 | Nov 1 | - | New Line Cinema | false |
| 4 | Santa Claus | - | - | - | $23,717,291 | 1,585 | $5,647,160 | 23.8% | 970 | Nov 27 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | To Live and Die in L.A. | - | - | - | $17,307,019 | 1,135 | $3,551,761 | 20.5% | 1,135 | Nov 1 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Death Wish 3 | - | - | - | $16,116,878 | 1,460 | $5,319,116 | 33% | 1,460 | Nov 1 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 7 | King Solomon's Mines | - | - | - | $15,057,465 | 1,122 | $5,005,788 | 33.2% | 1,122 | Nov 22 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 8 | One Magic Christmas | - | - | - | $13,677,222 | 827 | $2,662,241 | 19.5% | 824 | Nov 22 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Once Bitten | - | - | - | $10,000,000 | 1,095 | $4,025,657 | 40.3% | 1,095 | Nov 15 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 10 | Target | - | - | - | $9,023,199 | 1,085 | $2,670,522 | 29.6% | 1,085 | Nov 8 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | That Was Then... This Is Now | - | - | - | $8,630,068 | 800 | $2,502,780 | 29% | 800 | Nov 8 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Transylvania 6-5000 | - | - | - | $7,196,872 | 701 | $2,507,542 | 34.8% | 701 | Nov 8 | - | New World Pictures | false |
| 13 | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | - | - | - | $4,889,971 | 1,090 | $1,847,962 | 37.8% | 1,088 | Nov 15 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | - | - | - | $3,360,800 | 1,020 | $1,614,660 | 48% | 1,020 | Nov 22 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 15 | Bad Medicine | - | - | - | $2,685,453 | 731 | $1,289,783 | 48% | 731 | Nov 22 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Bring on the Night | - | - | - | $1,890,571 | 409 | $1,132,112 | 59.9% | 409 | Nov 8 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 17 | Fever Pitch | - | - | - | $618,847 | - | - | - | - | Nov 22 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 18 | Subway | - | - | - | $390,659 | 5 | $11,332 | 2.9% | 1 | Nov 6 | - | Island Alive | false |
| 19 | Eleni | - | - | - | $305,102 | 4 | $27,875 | 9.1% | 1 | Nov 1 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | The Official Story | - | - | - | $29,426 | 1 | $29,426 | 100% | 1 | Nov 8 | Nov 14 | Almi Pictures | false |
| 21 | Smooth Talk | - | - | - | $16,785 | 2 | $16,785 | 100% | 2 | Nov 15 | - | International Spectrafilm | false |
