| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 149 | September Dawn | $1,066,555 | 857 | $1,051,000 | 857 | Aug 24, 2007 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 39 | Boyz n the Hood | $57,504,069 | 931 | $10,023,462 | 829 | Jul 12, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 117 | The Great Raid | $10,167,373 | 920 | $3,376,009 | 819 | Aug 12, 2005 | Miramax |
| 107 | Hamburger Hill | $13,839,404 | 814 | $3,360,705 | 814 | Aug 28, 1987 | Paramount Pictures |
| 59 | Regarding Henry | $43,001,500 | 1,090 | $6,146,782 | 800 | Jul 12, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 115 | Pump Up the Volume | $11,541,758 | 821 | $1,601,489 | 799 | Aug 24, 1990 | New Line Cinema |
| 119 | Night Falls on Manhattan | $9,889,670 | 758 | $2,933,255 | 758 | May 16, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 94 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,652,638 | 720 | $3,709,562 | 720 | Aug 12, 1988 | Paramount Pictures |
| 129 | Panther | $6,834,525 | 713 | $2,354,847 | 713 | May 5, 1995 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 122 | Clean and Sober | $8,674,093 | 675 | $2,205,628 | 673 | Aug 12, 1988 | Warner Bros. |
| 72 | Nothing in Common | $32,324,557 | 980 | $3,279,650 | 618 | Aug 1, 1986 | TriStar Pictures |
| 140 | Gardens of Stone | $5,262,047 | 612 | $1,645,588 | 612 | May 8, 1987 | TriStar Pictures |
| 104 | Mo' Better Blues | $16,153,593 | 572 | $4,387,360 | 544 | Aug 3, 1990 | Universal Pictures |
| 125 | El cantante | $7,556,712 | 542 | $3,202,035 | 542 | Aug 3, 2007 | Picturehouse |
| 81 | Menace II Society | $27,912,072 | 581 | $3,816,393 | 464 | May 28, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| 99 | Mr. Holmes | $17,737,646 | 898 | $2,434,908 | 361 | Jul 17, 2015 | Roadside Attractions |
| 79 | The World According to Garp | $29,712,172 | 560 | $2,902,088 | 357 | Jul 23, 1982 | Warner Bros. |
| 82 | Do the Right Thing | $27,545,445 | 534 | $3,563,535 | 353 | Jun 30, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 150 | Faith of Our Fathers | $1,004,105 | 344 | $433,000 | 344 | Jul 1, 2015 | Pure Flix Entertainment |
| 148 | Where Hope Grows | $1,156,000 | 276 | $457,287 | 276 | May 15, 2015 | Roadside Attractions |
| 56 | Full Metal Jacket | $46,357,676 | 1,075 | $2,217,307 | 215 | Jun 26, 1987 | Warner Bros. |
| 97 | Becoming Jane | $18,670,946 | 1,210 | $972,066 | 100 | Aug 3, 2007 | Miramax |
| 144 | Chéri | $2,715,657 | 191 | $405,701 | 76 | Jun 26, 2009 | Miramax |
| 63 | What's Love Got to Do with It | $39,100,956 | 1,100 | $1,222,718 | 58 | Jun 11, 1993 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 146 | Crooked Arrows | $1,832,541 | 327 | $257,364 | 55 | May 18, 2012 | - |
| 132 | Brideshead Revisited | $6,432,256 | 501 | $339,616 | 33 | Jul 25, 2008 | Miramax |
| 33 | Field of Dreams | $64,431,625 | 1,100 | $531,346 | 22 | Apr 21, 1989 | Universal Pictures |
| 137 | Before Sunset | $5,820,649 | 204 | $219,425 | 20 | Jul 2, 2004 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 103 | Detroit | $16,790,139 | 3,007 | $350,190 | 20 | Jul 28, 2017 | Annapurna Pictures |
| 47 | Stand by Me | $52,287,414 | 848 | $242,795 | 16 | Aug 8, 1986 | Columbia Pictures |
| 134 | Leave No Trace | $6,046,104 | 361 | $219,140 | 9 | Jun 29, 2018 | Bleecker Street Media |
| 92 | Whale Rider | $20,779,666 | 556 | $137,418 | 9 | Jun 6, 2003 | Newmarket Films |
| 24 | Dead Poets Society | $95,860,116 | 1,109 | $340,456 | 8 | Jun 2, 1989 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 145 | Frozen River | $2,511,476 | 96 | $70,234 | 7 | Aug 1, 2008 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 105 | Fruitvale Station | $16,101,339 | 1,086 | $386,291 | 7 | Jul 12, 2013 | The Weinstein Company |
| 64 | The Doctor | $38,120,905 | 958 | $165,392 | 6 | Jul 26, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 120 | Mrs. Brown | $9,229,808 | 432 | $76,268 | 6 | Jul 18, 1997 | Miramax |
| 139 | Rescue Dawn | $5,490,423 | 505 | $110,326 | 6 | Jul 4, 2007 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 124 | Before Midnight | $8,114,627 | 897 | $246,914 | 5 | May 24, 2013 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | Boyhood | $25,352,281 | 775 | $387,618 | 5 | Jul 11, 2014 | IFC Films |
| 110 | The Tree of Life | $13,303,319 | 237 | $372,920 | 4 | May 27, 2011 | - |
| 131 | Winter's Bone | $6,531,503 | 141 | $84,797 | 4 | Jun 11, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 135 | Captain Fantastic | $5,879,835 | 550 | $93,824 | 4 | Jul 8, 2016 | Bleecker Street Media |
| 111 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $12,795,746 | 318 | $169,702 | 4 | Jun 27, 2012 | - |
| 102 | The Hurt Locker | $17,017,811 | 535 | $145,352 | 4 | Jun 26, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 147 | A Better Life | $1,759,252 | 216 | $62,087 | 4 | Jun 24, 2011 | Summit Entertainment |
| 116 | Belle | $10,726,630 | 525 | $106,578 | 4 | May 2, 2014 | - |
| 151 | Manglehorn | $143,101 | 27 | $11,227 | 3 | Jun 19, 2015 | IFC Films |
| 153 | Hungry Hearts | $6,921 | 6 | $1,869 | 2 | Jun 5, 2015 | IFC Films |
| 152 | Summer of '67 | $8,941 | 1 | $5,400 | 1 | Jun 29, 2018 | - |
| 50 | When a Man Loves a Woman | $50,021,959 | 1,511 | - | - | Apr 29, 1994 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 127 | Tex | $7,400,000 | - | - | - | Jul 30, 1982 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 93 | Corrina, Corrina | $20,164,171 | 972 | - | - | Aug 12, 1994 | New Line Cinema |
