| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $5,726,495 | - | 806 | - | $7,104 | $5,726,495 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Color Purple | $4,219,418 | -4.4% | 561 | - | $7,521 | $39,203,192 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Murphy's Romance | $4,195,468 | - | 1,046 | - | $4,010 | - | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Youngblood | $4,183,292 | - | 1,354 | - | $3,089 | $4,183,292 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Out of Africa | $3,300,070 | +3.2% | 997 | +73 | $3,310 | $50,757,129 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Iron Eagle | $2,824,277 | -26.6% | 1,129 | +45 | $2,501 | $15,586,404 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Best of Times | $2,419,800 | - | 872 | - | $2,775 | $2,419,800 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | - | Eliminators | $1,987,072 | - | 993 | - | $2,001 | $1,987,072 | 1 | Empire Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,951,659 | -27.1% | 1,179 | -210 | $1,655 | $57,493,153 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Power | $1,854,200 | - | 770 | - | $2,408 | $1,854,200 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Rocky IV | $1,342,935 | -41.7% | 925 | -650 | $1,451 | $119,099,398 | 10 | United Artists | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Spies Like Us | $1,103,035 | -35.5% | 842 | -397 | $1,310 | $56,522,595 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Back to the Future | $610,600 | -31% | 444 | -157 | $1,375 | $198,442,630 | 31 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 3 | My Chauffeur | $270,000 | -92.5% | 300 | -953 | $900 | $4,676,892 | 2 | Crown | false | false |
| 15 | - | Stripper | $14,155 | - | 1 | - | $14,155 | $14,155 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
