| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Gung Ho | $9,048,283 | - | 1,150 | - | $7,868 | $9,048,283 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Pretty in Pink | $5,207,002 | -17.3% | 1,117 | +130 | $4,661 | $19,001,677 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Color Purple | $4,100,478 | -18% | 1,107 | +11 | $3,704 | $74,725,582 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $3,697,416 | -23.2% | 1,078 | -6 | $3,429 | $44,253,295 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $3,570,028 | -18.2% | 696 | +178 | $5,129 | $18,082,954 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Crossroads | $2,751,810 | - | 982 | - | $2,802 | $2,751,810 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | House | $2,642,035 | -45.5% | 1,340 | -100 | $1,971 | $15,066,518 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Wildcats | $2,287,409 | -30.3% | 1,007 | -36 | $2,271 | $21,489,040 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Murphy's Romance | $1,858,379 | -19.6% | 875 | -74 | $2,123 | $25,065,726 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Out of Africa | $1,849,105 | -13.1% | 720 | -76 | $2,568 | $70,158,551 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Highlander | $1,764,769 | -47% | 1,036 | -4 | $1,703 | $5,092,103 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | F/X | $1,273,411 | -30.4% | 669 | -113 | $1,903 | $16,263,213 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Back to the Future | $648,355 | -4.5% | 336 | -14 | $1,929 | $202,634,060 | 38 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
