| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Rocky IV | - | - | - | $70,138,061 | 2,254 | $127,873,716 | Nov 27 | United Artists | false |
| 2 | Spies Like Us | - | - | - | $35,292,455 | 1,700 | $60,088,980 | Dec 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | The Jewel of the Nile | - | - | - | $29,806,725 | 1,490 | $75,973,200 | Dec 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | White Nights | - | - | - | $22,635,045 | 1,064 | $42,160,849 | Nov 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Santa Claus | - | - | - | $19,348,896 | 1,585 | $23,717,291 | Nov 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | Out of Africa | - | - | - | $16,705,779 | 1,102 | $87,071,205 | Dec 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Young Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $12,105,004 | 1,502 | $19,739,575 | Dec 6 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,628,903 | 1,185 | $33,049,729 | Dec 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Color Purple | - | - | - | $8,612,283 | 1,109 | $94,175,854 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | One Magic Christmas | - | - | - | $8,578,479 | 827 | $13,677,222 | Nov 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Clue | - | - | - | $8,346,907 | 1,022 | $14,643,997 | Dec 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Trip to Bountiful | - | - | - | $7,491,903 | 1 | $7,491,903 | Dec 20 | Island Pictures | false |
| 13 | Jagged Edge | - | - | - | $7,404,883 | 1,139 | $40,491,165 | Oct 4 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 14 | Back to the Future | - | - | - | $7,384,666 | 1,550 | $211,850,472 | Jul 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | King Solomon's Mines | - | - | - | $7,242,846 | 1,122 | $15,057,465 | Nov 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 16 | A Chorus Line | - | - | - | $6,580,679 | 680 | $14,202,899 | Dec 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Enemy Mine | - | - | - | $5,668,036 | 713 | $12,303,411 | Dec 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | To Live and Die in L.A. | - | - | - | $3,995,064 | 1,135 | $17,307,019 | Nov 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Krush Groove | - | - | - | $2,091,012 | 519 | $11,052,713 | Oct 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Agnes of God | - | - | - | $1,855,632 | 646 | $25,627,836 | Sep 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | That Was Then... This Is Now | - | - | - | $1,463,501 | 800 | $8,630,068 | Nov 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Death Wish 3 | - | - | - | $1,129,383 | 1,460 | $16,116,878 | Nov 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 23 | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | - | - | - | $1,002,777 | 1,090 | $4,889,971 | Nov 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Once Bitten | - | - | - | $967,783 | 1,095 | $10,000,000 | Nov 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 25 | Target | - | - | - | $936,338 | 1,085 | $9,023,199 | Nov 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Bad Medicine | - | - | - | $695,793 | 731 | $2,685,453 | Nov 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | - | - | - | $120,012 | 1,020 | $3,360,800 | Nov 22 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 28 | Revolution | - | - | - | $104,836 | 30 | $358,574 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Murphy's Romance | - | - | - | $86,975 | 1,046 | $30,867,525 | Dec 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 30 | Brazil | - | - | - | $86,918 | 173 | $9,929,135 | Dec 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Fool for Love | - | - | - | $81,095 | 57 | $836,156 | Dec 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 32 | Trouble in Mind | - | - | - | $19,632 | 1 | $19,632 | Dec 11 | Alive Films | false |
