| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $25,029,569 | 1,956 | $6,143,372 | 24.5% | 1,943 | Apr 6 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | The First Power | - | - | - | $22,424,195 | 1,336 | $5,677,715 | 25.3% | 1,332 | Apr 6 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $17,037,887 | 1,736 | $5,565,620 | 32.7% | 1,684 | Apr 27 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $16,186,793 | 1,095 | $4,014,640 | 24.8% | 1,072 | Apr 6 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | Spaced Invaders | - | - | - | $15,369,573 | 1,845 | $4,474,336 | 29.1% | 1,821 | Apr 27 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $13,236,513 | 1,389 | $3,357,800 | 25.4% | 1,389 | Apr 13 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Q&A | - | - | - | $11,207,891 | 923 | $2,816,605 | 25.1% | 912 | Apr 27 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | Wild Orchid | - | - | - | $11,060,485 | 822 | $2,622,637 | 23.7% | 819 | Apr 27 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 9 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $9,888,167 | 833 | $3,002,997 | 30.4% | 832 | Apr 20 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Cry-Baby | - | - | - | $8,266,343 | 1,236 | $3,004,905 | 36.4% | 1,229 | Apr 6 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $7,724,701 | 239 | $252,223 | 3.3% | 16 | Apr 6 | - | Miramax | false |
| 12 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | - | - | - | $6,291,444 | 323 | $1,180,803 | 18.8% | 321 | Apr 13 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Lisa | - | - | - | $4,347,648 | 287 | $1,119,895 | 25.8% | 287 | Apr 20 | - | United Artists | false |
| 14 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,544,504 | 155 | $471,126 | 18.5% | 155 | Apr 6 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Monsieur Hire | - | - | - | $1,417,030 | 26 | $29,980 | 2.1% | 2 | Apr 20 | Sep 27 | Orion Classics | false |
| 16 | Vital Signs | - | - | - | $1,224,605 | 275 | $372,253 | 30.4% | 275 | Apr 13 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Chattahoochee | - | - | - | $259,486 | 2 | $17,471 | 6.7% | 2 | Apr 20 | - | Hemdale | false |
| 18 | Martians Go Home | - | - | - | $129,778 | 155 | $129,778 | 100% | 155 | Apr 20 | - | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 19 | Why Me? | - | - | - | $83,882 | 113 | $49,933 | 59.5% | 113 | Apr 20 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
