| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Back to the Future | $10,555,133 | -5.4% | 1,435 | +15 | $7,355 | $32,580,763 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | $7,283,714 | - | 1,474 | - | $4,941 | $7,283,714 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | Cocoon | $4,986,972 | -21.3% | 1,102 | -61 | $4,525 | $39,703,509 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $4,337,520 | -32.5% | 1,674 | -146 | $2,591 | $125,301,195 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Pale Rider | $4,016,870 | -42.9% | 1,688 | -22 | $2,379 | $28,501,616 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | Explorers | $3,607,340 | - | 1,750 | - | $2,061 | $3,607,340 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | Silverado | $3,522,897 | - | 1,168 | - | $3,016 | $3,522,897 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | St. Elmo's Fire | $2,915,667 | -28.2% | 1,091 | -116 | $2,672 | $19,134,189 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Emerald Forest | $2,785,237 | -35.9% | 1,030 | -80 | $2,704 | $10,451,730 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Goonies | $2,200,163 | -43.6% | 1,225 | -448 | $1,796 | $51,758,024 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Fletch | $1,346,670 | -43.3% | 804 | -218 | $1,674 | $42,230,103 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Prizzi's Honor | $1,231,349 | -39.9% | 519 | -141 | $2,372 | $19,170,288 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Red Sonja | $928,025 | -59% | 886 | -205 | $1,047 | $5,618,630 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
