| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Pretty in Pink | $6,298,489 | -16% | 987 | +160 | $6,381 | $13,794,675 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | The Color Purple | $5,001,956 | +4.3% | 1,096 | -13 | $4,563 | $70,625,104 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | House | $4,844,030 | -36.1% | 1,440 | - | $3,363 | $12,424,483 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $4,816,228 | -9.9% | 1,084 | +2 | $4,443 | $40,555,879 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Hannah and Her Sisters | $4,364,128 | -6.8% | 518 | +100 | $8,424 | $14,512,926 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Highlander | $3,327,334 | - | 1,040 | - | $3,199 | $3,327,334 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Wildcats | $3,280,535 | -18.1% | 1,043 | -19 | $3,145 | $19,201,631 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Murphy's Romance | $2,310,358 | -5.7% | 949 | +8 | $2,434 | $23,207,347 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Out of Africa | $2,127,303 | -13% | 796 | -113 | $2,672 | $68,309,446 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | F/X | $1,830,725 | -14.6% | 782 | -59 | $2,341 | $14,989,802 | 5 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | The Delta Force | $1,790,160 | -31.3% | 855 | -366 | $2,093 | $15,025,407 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 12 | - | Nomads | $1,331,399 | - | 496 | - | $2,684 | $1,331,399 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 13 | 13 | Back to the Future | $679,075 | +18.8% | 350 | +25 | $1,940 | $201,985,705 | 37 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Room with a View | $74,993 | - | 1 | - | $74,993 | $74,993 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
