| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | House | $7,580,453 | $5,923,972 | 78.2% | $1,656,481 | 21.8% | 1,440 | 1 | New World Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Pretty in Pink | $7,496,186 | $6,065,870 | 80.9% | $1,430,316 | 19.1% | 827 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $5,346,785 | $4,172,643 | 78% | $1,174,142 | 22% | 1,082 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | The Color Purple | $4,797,405 | $3,557,053 | 74.2% | $1,240,352 | 25.8% | 1,109 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $4,681,820 | $3,479,769 | 74.3% | $1,202,051 | 25.7% | 418 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Wildcats | $4,006,556 | $3,196,701 | 79.8% | $809,855 | 20.2% | 1,062 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | The Delta Force | $2,605,201 | $2,005,201 | 77% | $600,000 | 23% | 1,221 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 8 | Murphy's Romance | $2,448,914 | $1,898,210 | 77.5% | $550,704 | 22.5% | 941 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Out of Africa | $2,445,949 | $1,786,185 | 73% | $659,764 | 27% | 909 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | F/X | $2,143,627 | $1,602,303 | 74.8% | $541,324 | 25.2% | 841 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Hitcher | $1,480,663 | $1,078,183 | 72.8% | $402,480 | 27.2% | 793 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Quicksilver | $970,746 | $731,031 | 75.3% | $239,715 | 24.7% | 887 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Back to the Future | $571,565 | $457,975 | 80.1% | $113,590 | 19.9% | 325 | 36 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | 9½ Weeks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Iron Eagle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| - | Youngblood | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| - | Dream Lover | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | The Clan of the Cave Bear | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
