| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Rocky IV | $11,778,568 | - | - | - | - | $11,778,568 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 2 | - | King Solomon's Mines | $6,597,169 | - | 1,122 | - | $5,879 | $6,597,169 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 3 | - | One Magic Christmas | $3,803,489 | - | 824 | - | $4,615 | $3,803,489 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Jagged Edge | $2,957,569 | +1.4% | 921 | -143 | $3,211 | $32,402,201 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Back to the Future | $2,623,769 | +9.3% | 1,125 | +77 | $2,332 | $181,453,947 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 1 | Once Bitten | $2,582,500 | -40.2% | 1,056 | -39 | $2,445 | $6,899,901 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 7 | - | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | $2,298,890 | - | 1,020 | - | $2,253 | $2,298,890 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 8 | 4 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $2,007,342 | -21.7% | 784 | -247 | $2,560 | $12,937,145 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | - | Bad Medicine | $1,765,842 | - | 731 | - | $2,415 | $1,765,842 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 10 | 3 | Target | $1,601,452 | -38.3% | 736 | -349 | $2,175 | $7,817,146 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $1,532,793 | -29.4% | 651 | -149 | $2,354 | $6,968,798 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Santa Claus | $1,495,207 | - | - | - | - | $1,495,207 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 7 | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | $1,411,415 | -36% | 1,090 | +2 | $1,294 | $3,615,239 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Transylvania 6-5000 | $1,336,037 | -24% | 691 | -8 | $1,933 | $6,401,971 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Commando | $1,281,050 | -1.7% | 924 | +100 | $1,386 | $34,227,987 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 5 | Death Wish 3 | $1,221,957 | -49.5% | 742 | -511 | $1,646 | $14,728,859 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 17 | - | White Nights | $764,917 | - | 21 | - | $36,424 | $764,917 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
