| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Rocky IV | $19,991,537 | - | 1,325 | - | $15,087 | $31,770,105 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 2 | - | Santa Claus | $5,647,160 | - | 970 | - | $5,821 | $7,142,367 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | One Magic Christmas | $4,010,151 | +50.6% | 827 | +3 | $4,849 | $7,813,640 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | King Solomon's Mines | $3,799,341 | -24.1% | 1,122 | - | $3,386 | $10,396,510 | 2 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Jagged Edge | $2,133,893 | +7.5% | 897 | -24 | $2,378 | $34,536,094 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Back to the Future | $2,122,914 | +25.3% | 1,133 | +106 | $1,873 | $183,576,861 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Once Bitten | $1,489,874 | -33.9% | 903 | -153 | $1,649 | $8,389,775 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $1,040,005 | -21.6% | 682 | -102 | $1,524 | $13,977,150 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer | $881,908 | -24.6% | 1,090 | - | $809 | $4,497,147 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Bad Medicine | $783,353 | -39.3% | 688 | -43 | $1,138 | $2,549,195 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Target | $774,288 | -32.4% | 603 | -133 | $1,284 | $8,591,434 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | $774,090 | -52.1% | 705 | -315 | $1,098 | $3,072,980 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Death Wish 3 | $705,211 | -31% | 625 | -117 | $1,128 | $15,434,070 | 5 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | That Was Then... This Is Now | $692,184 | -34.2% | 651 | - | $1,063 | $7,660,982 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
