| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | The Color Purple | $8,515,181 | +80.4% | 561 | +352 | $15,178 | $28,920,383 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Iron Eagle | $7,904,245 | - | 1,080 | - | $7,318 | $7,904,245 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Out of Africa | $6,919,384 | -2.2% | 923 | +1 | $7,496 | $43,105,629 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Jewel of the Nile | $5,222,394 | -5% | 1,433 | -50 | $3,644 | $52,115,861 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Rocky IV | $4,961,543 | -21.5% | 1,756 | -425 | $2,825 | $114,817,396 | 9 | United Artists | false | false |
| 6 | - | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $4,231,850 | - | 614 | +233 | $6,892 | $15,960,898 | 12 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Spies Like Us | $3,695,850 | -18.6% | 1,410 | -220 | $2,621 | $53,298,822 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Troll | $3,414,040 | - | 959 | - | $3,560 | $3,414,040 | 1 | Empire Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Runaway Train | $3,275,079 | - | 965 | - | $3,393 | $4,362,938 | 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | White Nights | $3,083,594 | -14.2% | 1,007 | -55 | $3,062 | $37,629,540 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Black Moon Rising | $1,772,217 | -49.8% | 817 | -85 | $2,169 | $5,301,301 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Back to the Future | $1,694,875 | +5.3% | 580 | -111 | $2,922 | $196,711,051 | 30 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear | $556,807 | - | 276 | - | $2,017 | $556,807 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 14 | - | The Adventures of the American Rabbit | $384,003 | - | 242 | - | $1,586 | $384,003 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Adventures of Mark Twain | $296,118 | - | 221 | - | $1,339 | $296,118 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Boy in Blue | $134,658 | - | 44 | - | $3,060 | $134,658 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 17 | - | The Clan of the Cave Bear | $36,690 | - | 1 | - | $36,690 | $36,690 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
