| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $7,746,241 | - | 806 | - | $9,610 | $7,746,241 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Color Purple | $5,575,228 | -8.1% | 561 | - | $9,938 | $40,559,002 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Youngblood | $5,246,866 | - | 1,354 | - | $3,875 | $5,246,866 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Out of Africa | $4,290,395 | -1.4% | 997 | +73 | $4,303 | $51,747,454 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Iron Eagle | $3,394,277 | -30.1% | 1,129 | +45 | $3,006 | $16,156,404 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Best of Times | $2,951,720 | - | 872 | - | $3,385 | $2,951,720 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | The Jewel of the Nile | $2,439,031 | -28.8% | 1,179 | -210 | $2,068 | $57,980,525 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | - | Power | $2,345,176 | - | 770 | - | $3,045 | $2,345,176 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | - | Eliminators | $1,987,072 | - | 993 | - | $2,001 | $1,987,072 | 1 | Empire Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 5 | Rocky IV | $1,684,142 | -42.7% | 925 | -650 | $1,820 | $119,440,605 | 11 | United Artists | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Spies Like Us | $1,366,991 | -35.5% | 842 | -397 | $1,623 | $56,786,551 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Back to the Future | $773,600 | -31% | 444 | -157 | $1,742 | $198,605,630 | 32 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Stripper | $20,221 | - | 1 | - | $20,221 | $20,221 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
