| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rocky IV | $7,208,991 | -35.6% | 1,333 | +8 | $5,408 | $58,103,801 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Jewel of the Nile | $6,645,455 | - | 1,106 | - | $6,008 | $6,645,455 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Spies Like Us | $5,485,248 | -36.3% | 1,556 | - | $3,525 | $16,425,886 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | White Nights | $3,138,677 | -31% | 889 | -2 | $3,530 | $10,616,870 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Santa Claus | $2,722,804 | -13.5% | 1,316 | +346 | $2,069 | $14,171,995 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Clue | $2,014,166 | - | 1,006 | - | $2,002 | $2,014,166 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $1,577,269 | -37.9% | 924 | +4 | $1,707 | $5,510,216 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | One Magic Christmas | $1,106,876 | -35.3% | 827 | - | $1,338 | $11,517,873 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | King Solomon's Mines | $739,764 | -50.7% | 854 | -252 | $866 | $13,418,429 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Back to the Future | $700,232 | -28.9% | 724 | -174 | $967 | $185,844,291 | 24 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Jagged Edge | $521,620 | -38.8% | 712 | -156 | $732 | $36,388,518 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $309,584 | -29.1% | 548 | -53 | $564 | $15,162,456 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | A Chorus Line | $222,919 | - | 19 | - | $11,732 | $222,919 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Once Bitten | $141,417 | -69.7% | 347 | -303 | $407 | $9,404,237 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 15 | - | Trouble in Mind | $16,029 | - | 1 | - | $16,029 | $19,632 | 1 | Alive Films | true | false |
