| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Iron Eagle | $6,104,754 | - | 1,080 | - | $5,652 | $6,104,754 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 5 | The Color Purple | $5,742,903 | +83.7% | 561 | +352 | $10,236 | $26,148,105 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Out of Africa | $5,191,875 | +1.1% | 923 | +1 | $5,625 | $41,378,120 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Jewel of the Nile | $4,041,993 | -6.3% | 1,433 | -50 | $2,820 | $50,935,460 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Rocky IV | $3,810,001 | -24% | 1,756 | -425 | $2,169 | $113,665,854 | 8 | United Artists | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | $3,331,850 | +42.8% | 614 | +233 | $5,426 | $15,060,898 | 12 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Spies Like Us | $2,894,448 | -19.8% | 1,410 | -220 | $2,052 | $52,497,420 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | - | Runaway Train | $2,601,480 | - | 965 | - | $2,695 | $3,689,339 | 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | - | Troll | $2,595,054 | - | 959 | - | $2,706 | $2,595,054 | 1 | Empire Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 6 | White Nights | $2,345,831 | -16% | 1,007 | -55 | $2,329 | $36,891,777 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1985 Re-release | $1,896,929 | -17.7% | 1,039 | -99 | $1,825 | - | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Black Moon Rising | $1,573,217 | -43.3% | 817 | -85 | $1,925 | $5,102,301 | 2 | New World Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Back to the Future | $1,287,600 | +2.9% | 580 | -111 | $2,220 | $196,303,776 | 29 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear | $414,552 | - | 276 | - | $1,502 | $414,552 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 15 | - | The Adventures of the American Rabbit | $291,126 | - | 242 | - | $1,203 | $291,126 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Adventures of Mark Twain | $226,525 | - | 221 | - | $1,025 | $226,525 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | true | false |
| 17 | - | The Boy in Blue | $94,261 | - | 44 | - | $2,142 | $94,261 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 18 | - | The Clan of the Cave Bear | $25,428 | - | 1 | - | $25,428 | $25,428 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
