| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Back to the Future | $17,891,378 | -2.9% | 1,435 | +15 | $12,467 | $39,917,008 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | $14,138,119 | - | 1,474 | - | $9,591 | $14,138,119 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Cocoon | $7,780,813 | -17.8% | 1,102 | -61 | $7,060 | $42,497,350 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Silverado | $6,300,005 | - | 1,168 | - | $5,393 | $6,300,005 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | $6,139,974 | -32.2% | 1,674 | -146 | $3,667 | $127,103,649 | 9 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Pale Rider | $5,909,334 | -40.7% | 1,688 | -22 | $3,500 | $30,394,080 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Explorers | $5,486,092 | - | 1,750 | - | $3,134 | $5,486,092 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | St. Elmo's Fire | $4,748,713 | -23.3% | 1,091 | -116 | $4,352 | $20,967,235 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | The Emerald Forest | $4,009,761 | -47.7% | 1,030 | -80 | $3,892 | $11,676,254 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Goonies | $3,611,692 | -38.7% | 1,225 | -448 | $2,948 | $53,169,553 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Fletch | $2,186,150 | -35.2% | 804 | -218 | $2,719 | $43,069,583 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Prizzi's Honor | $1,842,192 | -34.8% | 519 | -141 | $3,549 | $19,781,131 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Red Sonja | $1,386,350 | -70.4% | 886 | -205 | $1,564 | $6,076,955 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
