| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $7,023,743 | - | 1,045 | - | $6,721 | $22,626,822 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | The Color Purple | $6,165,314 | - | 1,109 | - | $5,559 | $54,125,302 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | - | The Delta Force | $5,959,505 | - | 1,720 | - | $3,464 | $5,959,505 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 4 | - | Wildcats | $5,472,905 | - | 1,054 | - | $5,192 | $5,472,905 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | - | Out of Africa | $3,661,460 | - | 1,042 | - | $3,513 | $60,022,414 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Murphy's Romance | $3,559,495 | - | 1,026 | - | $3,469 | $14,645,622 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Quicksilver | $3,170,215 | - | 1,251 | - | $2,534 | $3,170,215 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | F/X | $3,004,025 | - | 912 | - | $3,293 | $7,247,202 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Youngblood | $1,744,830 | - | 1,030 | - | $1,694 | $10,658,536 | - | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | - | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,573,236 | - | 56 | - | $28,093 | $3,430,262 | - | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $1,570,856 | - | 515 | - | $3,050 | - | - | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 12 | - | Iron Eagle | $1,505,971 | - | 903 | - | $1,667 | $20,242,417 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,238,662 | - | 765 | - | $1,619 | $61,161,551 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 14 | - | Back to the Future | $613,870 | - | 355 | - | $1,729 | $199,946,030 | 33 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | TerrorVision | $320,256 | - | 256 | - | $1,251 | $320,256 | - | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | - | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | $196,894 | - | 49 | - | $4,018 | $196,894 | - | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | Turtle Diary | $40,115 | - | 2 | - | $20,057 | $40,115 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
