| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $6,330,776 | $5,042,912 | 79.7% | $1,287,864 | 20.3% | 1,058 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Color Purple | $5,383,731 | $4,091,653 | 76% | $1,292,078 | 24% | 1,109 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Wildcats | $5,331,124 | $4,323,648 | 81.1% | $1,007,476 | 18.9% | 1,054 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Delta Force | $3,996,732 | $3,484,905 | 87.2% | $511,827 | 12.8% | 1,720 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 5 | Murphy's Romance | $3,118,630 | $2,483,152 | 79.6% | $635,478 | 20.4% | 1,007 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Out of Africa | $2,990,645 | $2,310,910 | 77.3% | $679,735 | 22.7% | 1,023 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | F/X | $2,954,548 | $2,287,611 | 77.4% | $666,937 | 22.6% | 852 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Hitcher | $2,434,214 | $2,134,214 | 87.7% | $300,000 | 12.3% | 794 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Quicksilver | $2,305,354 | $1,954,727 | 84.8% | $350,627 | 15.2% | 1,253 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,627,331 | $1,187,652 | 73% | $439,679 | 27% | 64 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Youngblood | $1,365,571 | $1,059,916 | 77.6% | $305,655 | 22.4% | 790 | 4 | United Artists | - | false |
| 12 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $1,308,502 | $1,056,344 | 80.7% | $252,158 | 19.3% | 490 | 17 | New Line Cinema | - | false |
| 13 | Iron Eagle | $1,297,450 | $1,097,450 | 84.6% | $200,000 | 15.4% | 865 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Back to the Future | $662,885 | $527,000 | 79.5% | $135,885 | 20.5% | 340 | 35 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | 9½ Weeks | $454,591 | $328,804 | 72.3% | $125,787 | 27.7% | 28 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Dream Lover | $261,828 | $202,733 | 77.4% | $59,095 | 22.6% | 171 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Clan of the Cave Bear | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | - | $345,280 | - | - | - | - | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| - | Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Jewel of the Nile | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
