| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Out of Africa | $7,074,328 | $5,137,370 | 72.6% | $1,936,958 | 27.4% | 922 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Rocky IV | $6,322,620 | $5,010,907 | 79.2% | $1,311,713 | 20.8% | 2,181 | 8 | United Artists | - | false |
| 3 | The Jewel of the Nile | $5,497,665 | $4,315,133 | 78.5% | $1,182,532 | 21.5% | 1,483 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | The Color Purple | $4,721,223 | $3,126,757 | 66.2% | $1,594,466 | 33.8% | 209 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Spies Like Us | $4,537,646 | $3,610,707 | 79.6% | $926,939 | 20.4% | 1,630 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | White Nights | $3,593,316 | $2,792,363 | 77.7% | $800,953 | 22.3% | 1,062 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Black Moon Rising | $3,529,084 | $2,775,388 | 78.6% | $753,696 | 21.4% | 902 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | A Chorus Line | $1,669,113 | $1,291,542 | 77.4% | $377,571 | 22.6% | 674 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Back to the Future | $1,608,970 | $1,250,795 | 77.7% | $358,175 | 22.3% | 691 | 29 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $1,546,799 | $1,212,472 | 78.4% | $334,327 | 21.6% | 831 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Enemy Mine | $1,347,713 | $1,001,866 | 74.3% | $345,847 | 25.7% | 636 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 12 | Clue | $1,298,774 | $1,033,827 | 79.6% | $264,947 | 20.4% | 779 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Head Office | $978,761 | $978,761 | 100% | $0 | - | 907 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | - | $2,333,055 | - | - | - | 381 | 11 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Runaway Train | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
