| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | House | $7,580,453 | - | 1,440 | - | $5,264 | $7,580,453 | 1 | New World Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Pretty in Pink | $7,496,186 | - | 827 | - | $9,064 | $7,496,186 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $5,346,785 | -15.5% | 1,082 | +24 | $4,941 | $35,739,651 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Color Purple | $4,797,405 | -10.9% | 1,109 | - | $4,325 | $65,623,148 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 10 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $4,681,820 | +187.7% | 418 | +354 | $11,200 | $10,148,798 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Wildcats | $4,006,556 | -24.8% | 1,062 | +8 | $3,772 | $15,921,096 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Delta Force | $2,605,201 | -34.8% | 1,221 | -499 | $2,133 | $13,235,247 | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Murphy's Romance | $2,448,914 | -21.5% | 941 | -66 | $2,602 | $20,896,989 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Out of Africa | $2,445,949 | -18.2% | 909 | -114 | $2,690 | $66,182,143 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | F/X | $2,143,627 | -27.4% | 841 | -11 | $2,548 | $13,159,077 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Hitcher | $1,480,663 | -39.2% | 793 | -1 | $1,867 | $3,914,877 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Quicksilver | $970,746 | -57.9% | 887 | -366 | $1,094 | $6,897,703 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Back to the Future | $571,565 | -13.8% | 325 | -15 | $1,758 | $201,306,630 | 36 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
