| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $6,112,115 | +6.7% | 816 | +10 | $7,490 | $13,858,356 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Color Purple | $5,330,126 | +26.3% | 1,109 | +548 | $4,806 | $45,889,128 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Murphy's Romance | $3,664,831 | -12.6% | 1,046 | - | $3,503 | $10,023,859 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Out of Africa | $3,548,440 | +7.5% | 1,102 | +105 | $3,220 | $55,295,894 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | F/X | $3,240,695 | - | 914 | - | $3,545 | $3,240,695 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Youngblood | $2,937,658 | -29.8% | 1,352 | -2 | $2,172 | $8,184,524 | 2 | United Artists | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Iron Eagle | $2,120,042 | -24.9% | 1,121 | -8 | $1,891 | $18,276,446 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Best of Times | $1,615,000 | -33.3% | 850 | -22 | $1,900 | $4,566,720 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | The Jewel of the Nile | $1,545,191 | -20.8% | 1,066 | -113 | $1,449 | $59,525,716 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | - | Hannah and Her Sisters | $1,265,826 | - | 54 | - | $23,441 | $1,265,826 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 11 | Rocky IV | $1,013,982 | -24.5% | 783 | -142 | $1,294 | $120,454,587 | 11 | United Artists | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Power | $795,704 | -57.1% | 749 | -21 | $1,062 | $3,140,880 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Back to the Future | $594,510 | -2.6% | 399 | -45 | $1,490 | $199,200,140 | 32 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $228,240 | - | 90 | - | $2,536 | $13,135,688 | 29 | Island Alive | false | false |
| 15 | - | Lady Jane | $55,964 | - | 14 | - | $3,997 | $55,964 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
