| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Jewel of the Nile | $10,075,111 | - | 1,106 | - | $9,109 | $10,075,111 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Rocky IV | $9,341,853 | -33.1% | 1,333 | +8 | $7,008 | $60,236,663 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Spies Like Us | $7,125,749 | -34.9% | 1,556 | - | $4,579 | $18,066,387 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | White Nights | $4,342,117 | -27.7% | 889 | -2 | $4,884 | $11,820,310 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Santa Claus | $3,545,696 | -5.6% | 1,316 | +346 | $2,694 | $14,994,887 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Clue | $2,663,308 | - | 1,006 | - | $2,647 | $2,663,308 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $2,149,263 | -45.4% | 924 | +4 | $2,326 | $6,082,210 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | One Magic Christmas | $1,477,352 | -28.8% | 827 | - | $1,786 | $11,888,349 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Back to the Future | $930,972 | -24% | 724 | -174 | $1,285 | $186,075,031 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | King Solomon's Mines | $889,764 | -51.1% | 854 | -252 | $1,041 | $13,568,429 | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Jagged Edge | $732,895 | -31.5% | 712 | -156 | $1,029 | $36,599,793 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $463,705 | -23.2% | 548 | -53 | $846 | $15,316,577 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | - | A Chorus Line | $395,263 | - | 19 | - | $20,803 | $395,263 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | Trouble in Mind | $16,029 | +344.9% | 1 | - | $16,029 | $19,632 | 2 | Alive Films | false | false |
| 15 | - | Brazil | $7,494 | - | - | - | - | $7,494 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
