| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $6,330,776 | -25.2% | 1,058 | +13 | $5,983 | $30,392,866 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color Purple | $5,383,731 | -28% | 1,109 | - | $4,854 | $60,825,743 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Wildcats | $5,331,124 | -19% | 1,054 | - | $5,057 | $11,914,540 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Delta Force | $3,996,732 | -39.7% | 1,720 | - | $2,323 | $10,630,046 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Murphy's Romance | $3,118,630 | -26.5% | 1,007 | -19 | $3,096 | $18,448,075 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Out of Africa | $2,990,645 | -31.8% | 1,023 | -19 | $2,923 | $63,736,194 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | F/X | $2,954,548 | -22.6% | 852 | -60 | $3,467 | $11,015,450 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Hitcher | $2,434,214 | - | 794 | - | $3,065 | $2,434,214 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | Quicksilver | $2,305,354 | -36.3% | 1,253 | +2 | $1,839 | $5,926,957 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,627,331 | -17.9% | 64 | +8 | $25,427 | $5,466,978 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Youngblood | $1,365,571 | -36.3% | 790 | -240 | $1,728 | $12,423,441 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 12 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $1,308,502 | - | 490 | -25 | $2,670 | $23,312,491 | 17 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Iron Eagle | $1,297,450 | -24.4% | 865 | -38 | $1,499 | $21,749,867 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Back to the Future | $662,885 | -10.4% | 340 | -15 | $1,949 | $200,735,065 | 35 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | 9½ Weeks | $454,591 | - | 28 | - | $16,235 | $454,591 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 16 | - | Dream Lover | $261,828 | - | 171 | - | $1,531 | $261,828 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
