| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Money Pit | - | - | - | $20,416,442 | 1,193 | $37,499,651 | Mar 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | - | - | - | $19,234,287 | 1,788 | $43,579,163 | Mar 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Out of Africa | - | - | - | $12,940,030 | 1,102 | $87,071,205 | Dec 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Gung Ho | - | - | - | $11,781,517 | 1,175 | $36,611,610 | Mar 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | April Fool's Day | - | - | - | $9,841,825 | 1,202 | $12,947,763 | Mar 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Color Purple | - | - | - | $9,328,618 | 1,109 | $94,175,854 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Legend | - | - | - | $8,601,890 | 1,187 | $15,502,112 | Apr 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Pretty in Pink | - | - | - | $8,549,821 | 1,117 | $40,471,663 | Feb 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,387,913 | 1,159 | $15,120,195 | Mar 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Lucas | - | - | - | $7,128,947 | 629 | $8,200,000 | Mar 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Murphy's Law | - | - | - | $6,823,662 | 1,260 | $9,947,631 | Apr 18 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 12 | Hannah and Her Sisters | - | - | - | $6,764,959 | 761 | $35,392,203 | Feb 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Critters | - | - | - | $5,128,201 | 633 | $13,167,232 | Apr 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 14 | Band of the Hand | - | - | - | $4,865,912 | 930 | $4,865,912 | Apr 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Off Beat | - | - | - | $4,842,778 | 1,127 | $4,842,778 | Apr 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $4,552,420 | 1,084 | $62,134,225 | Jan 31 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | - | - | - | $3,196,005 | 1,476 | $8,540,346 | Mar 7 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | Wise Guys | - | - | - | $3,148,597 | 424 | $8,475,466 | Apr 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | - | - | - | $2,992,099 | 614 | $29,999,213 | Nov 1 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 20 | P.O.W. the Escape | - | - | - | $2,497,233 | 476 | $2,497,233 | Apr 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 21 | Violets Are Blue... | - | - | - | $2,160,037 | 654 | $4,743,287 | Apr 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 22 | Water | - | - | - | $1,256,862 | 248 | $1,256,862 | Apr 18 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 23 | Absolute Beginners | - | - | - | $930,211 | 4 | $930,211 | Apr 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Ginger & Fred | - | - | - | $817,745 | 1 | $837,623 | Mar 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | 8 Million Ways to Die | - | - | - | $695,159 | 215 | $1,305,114 | Apr 25 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 26 | At Close Range | - | - | - | $255,704 | 83 | $2,347,000 | Apr 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Desert Bloom | - | - | - | $36,361 | 15 | $416,393 | Apr 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 28 | Three Men and a Cradle | - | - | - | $33,936 | 32 | $2,052,466 | Apr 25 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 29 | Crimewave | - | - | - | $4,368 | 7 | $5,101 | Apr 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
