| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $7,856,838 | +1.4% | 816 | +10 | $9,628 | $15,603,079 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color Purple | $7,400,986 | +32.7% | 1,109 | +548 | $6,673 | $47,959,988 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Murphy's Romance | $4,727,099 | - | 1,046 | - | $4,519 | $11,086,127 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Out of Africa | $4,613,500 | +7.5% | 1,102 | +105 | $4,186 | $56,360,954 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | F/X | $4,243,177 | - | 914 | - | $4,642 | $4,243,177 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Youngblood | $3,666,840 | -30.1% | 1,352 | -2 | $2,712 | $8,913,706 | 2 | United Artists | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Iron Eagle | $2,580,042 | -24% | 1,121 | -8 | $2,301 | $18,736,446 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Best of Times | $1,992,765 | -32.5% | 850 | -22 | $2,344 | $4,944,485 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,942,364 | -20.4% | 1,066 | -113 | $1,822 | $59,922,889 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,857,026 | - | 54 | - | $34,389 | $1,857,026 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 10 | Rocky IV | $1,295,779 | -23.1% | 783 | -142 | $1,654 | $120,736,384 | 12 | United Artists | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Power | $795,704 | -66.1% | 749 | -21 | $1,062 | $3,140,880 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Back to the Future | $726,530 | -6.1% | 399 | -45 | $1,820 | $199,332,160 | 33 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $269,640 | - | 90 | +40 | $2,996 | $13,177,088 | 29 | Island Alive | false | false |
| 15 | - | Lady Jane | $77,727 | - | 14 | - | $5,551 | $77,727 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
