| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $8,459,011 | - | - | - | - | 1,045 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color Purple | $7,482,024 | - | - | - | - | 1,109 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | The Delta Force | $6,633,314 | - | - | - | - | 1,720 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 4 | Wildcats | $6,583,416 | - | - | - | - | 1,054 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Out of Africa | $4,384,595 | - | - | - | - | 1,042 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Murphy's Romance | $4,243,318 | - | - | - | - | 1,026 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | F/X | $3,817,725 | - | - | - | - | 912 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Quicksilver | $3,621,603 | - | - | - | - | 1,251 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Youngblood | $2,144,164 | - | - | - | - | 1,030 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,982,621 | - | - | - | - | 56 | 2 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Iron Eagle | $1,715,971 | - | - | - | - | 903 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,501,106 | - | - | - | - | 765 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Back to the Future | $740,020 | $514,750 | 69.6% | $225,270 | 30.4% | 355 | 34 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Turtle Diary | $48,751 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | - | - | - | - | - | 515 | 16 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| - | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear | - | - | - | - | - | 346 | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | 173 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Power | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Rocky IV | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | The Best of Times | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Lady Jane | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
