| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $8,459,011 | +7.7% | 1,045 | +229 | $8,094 | $24,062,090 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color Purple | $7,482,024 | +1.1% | 1,109 | - | $6,746 | $55,442,012 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Delta Force | $6,633,314 | - | 1,720 | - | $3,856 | $6,633,314 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 4 | - | Wildcats | $6,583,416 | - | 1,054 | - | $6,246 | $6,583,416 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Out of Africa | $4,384,595 | -5% | 1,042 | -60 | $4,207 | $60,745,549 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Murphy's Romance | $4,243,318 | -10.2% | 1,026 | -20 | $4,135 | $15,329,445 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | F/X | $3,817,725 | -10% | 912 | -2 | $4,186 | $8,060,902 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Quicksilver | $3,621,603 | - | 1,251 | - | $2,894 | $3,621,603 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Youngblood | $2,144,164 | -41.5% | 1,030 | -322 | $2,081 | $11,057,870 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,982,621 | +6.8% | 56 | +2 | $35,403 | $3,839,647 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Iron Eagle | $1,715,971 | -33.5% | 903 | -218 | $1,900 | $20,452,417 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,501,106 | -22.7% | 765 | -301 | $1,962 | $61,423,995 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Back to the Future | $740,020 | +1.9% | 355 | -44 | $2,084 | $200,072,180 | 34 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Turtle Diary | $48,751 | - | 2 | - | $24,375 | $48,751 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
