| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pretty in Pink | $4,919,668 | -18.9% | 987 | +160 | $4,984 | $12,415,854 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | House | $3,665,560 | -38.1% | 1,440 | - | $2,545 | $11,246,013 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $3,641,771 | -12.7% | 1,084 | +2 | $3,359 | $39,381,422 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | The Color Purple | $3,636,677 | +2.2% | 1,096 | -13 | $3,318 | $69,259,825 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $3,264,242 | -6.2% | 518 | +100 | $6,301 | $13,413,040 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Wildcats | $2,505,363 | -21.6% | 1,043 | -19 | $2,402 | $18,426,459 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Highlander | $2,453,021 | - | 1,040 | - | $2,358 | $2,453,021 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 8 | 8 | Murphy's Romance | $1,694,127 | -10.8% | 949 | +8 | $1,785 | $22,591,116 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Out of Africa | $1,536,668 | -14% | 796 | -113 | $1,930 | $67,718,811 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | F/X | $1,319,194 | -17.7% | 782 | -59 | $1,686 | $14,478,271 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | The Delta Force | $1,279,905 | -36.2% | 855 | -366 | $1,496 | $14,515,152 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 12 | - | Nomads | $1,013,328 | - | 496 | - | $2,043 | $1,013,328 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 13 | 13 | Back to the Future | $500,500 | +9.3% | 350 | +25 | $1,430 | $201,807,130 | 36 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Room with a View | $42,970 | - | 1 | - | $42,970 | $42,970 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
