| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $7,856,838 | $6,112,115 | 77.8% | $1,744,723 | 22.2% | 816 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color Purple | $7,400,986 | $5,330,126 | 72% | $2,070,860 | 28% | 1,109 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Murphy's Romance | $4,727,099 | $3,664,831 | 77.5% | $1,062,268 | 22.5% | 1,046 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Out of Africa | $4,613,500 | $3,548,440 | 76.9% | $1,065,060 | 23.1% | 1,102 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | F/X | $4,243,177 | $3,240,695 | 76.4% | $1,002,482 | 23.6% | 914 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Youngblood | $3,666,840 | $2,937,658 | 80.1% | $729,182 | 19.9% | 1,352 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 7 | Iron Eagle | $2,580,042 | $2,120,042 | 82.2% | $460,000 | 17.8% | 1,121 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Best of Times | $1,992,765 | $1,615,000 | 81% | $377,765 | 19% | 850 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,942,364 | $1,545,191 | 79.6% | $397,173 | 20.4% | 1,066 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,857,026 | $1,265,826 | 68.2% | $591,200 | 31.8% | 54 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Rocky IV | $1,295,779 | $1,013,982 | 78.2% | $281,797 | 21.8% | 783 | 12 | United Artists | - | false |
| 12 | Power | $795,704 | $795,704 | 100% | $0 | - | 749 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Back to the Future | $726,530 | $594,510 | 81.8% | $132,020 | 18.2% | 399 | 33 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $269,640 | $228,240 | 84.6% | $41,400 | 15.4% | 90 | 29 | Island Alive | - | false |
| 15 | Lady Jane | $77,727 | $55,964 | 72% | $21,763 | 28% | 14 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Eliminators | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Empire Pictures | - | false |
| - | Stripper | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Ran | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | Orion Classics | - | false |
| - | Spies Like Us | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
