| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Gung Ho | $7,170,830 | - | 1,150 | - | $6,235 | $7,170,830 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Pretty in Pink | $4,166,088 | -15.3% | 1,117 | +130 | $3,729 | $17,960,763 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Color Purple | $3,006,827 | -17.3% | 1,107 | +11 | $2,716 | $73,631,931 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $2,848,902 | -21.8% | 1,078 | -6 | $2,642 | $43,404,781 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $2,707,966 | -17% | 696 | +178 | $3,890 | $17,220,892 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | House | $2,204,280 | -39.9% | 1,340 | -100 | $1,644 | $14,628,763 | 3 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Crossroads | $2,071,680 | - | 982 | - | $2,109 | $2,071,680 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Wildcats | $1,778,971 | -29% | 1,007 | -36 | $1,766 | $20,980,602 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Murphy's Romance | $1,421,863 | -16.1% | 875 | -74 | $1,624 | $24,629,210 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Out of Africa | $1,360,825 | -11.4% | 720 | -76 | $1,890 | $69,670,271 | 13 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Highlander | $1,273,196 | -48.1% | 1,036 | -4 | $1,228 | $4,600,530 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | F/X | $939,053 | -28.8% | 669 | -113 | $1,403 | $15,928,855 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Back to the Future | $498,815 | -0.3% | 330 | -20 | $1,511 | $202,484,520 | 37 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
