| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Cocktail | - | - | - | $44,101,826 | 1,462 | $78,222,753 | Jul 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Die Hard | - | - | - | $34,757,831 | 1,713 | $83,008,852 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | - | - | - | $32,222,909 | 1,598 | $156,452,370 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | A Fish Called Wanda | - | - | - | $30,055,235 | 1,223 | $62,493,712 | Jul 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | - | - | - | $26,425,756 | 1,767 | $49,369,899 | Aug 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 6 | Coming to America | - | - | - | $24,903,261 | 2,064 | $128,152,301 | Jun 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Young Guns | - | - | - | $24,022,230 | 1,416 | $45,661,556 | Aug 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Midnight Run | - | - | - | $18,805,175 | 1,161 | $38,413,606 | Jul 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Big | - | - | - | $15,572,842 | 1,419 | $114,968,774 | Jun 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Bambi 1988 Re-release | - | - | - | $14,889,529 | 1,489 | $39,047,150 | Jul 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Bull Durham | - | - | - | $12,140,224 | 1,297 | $50,888,729 | Jun 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | - | - | - | $11,701,911 | 720 | $19,652,638 | Aug 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Dead Pool | - | - | - | $9,924,126 | 1,831 | $37,903,295 | Jul 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Clean and Sober | - | - | - | $8,674,093 | 675 | $8,674,093 | Aug 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Crocodile Dundee II | - | - | - | $8,350,808 | 2,837 | $109,306,210 | May 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | The Blob | - | - | - | $8,247,943 | 1,081 | $8,247,943 | Aug 5 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Married to the Mob | - | - | - | $8,165,862 | 828 | $21,486,757 | Aug 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Betrayed | - | - | - | $6,612,804 | 1,101 | $25,816,139 | Aug 26 | United Artists | false |
| 19 | Big Top Pee-wee | - | - | - | $6,495,338 | 1,256 | $15,122,324 | Jul 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Mac and Me | - | - | - | $6,424,112 | 1,317 | $6,424,112 | Aug 12 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Short Circuit 2 | - | - | - | $6,246,095 | 1,348 | $21,630,088 | Jul 8 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Rescue | - | - | - | $5,855,392 | 1,275 | $5,855,392 | Aug 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Monkey Shines | - | - | - | $4,086,280 | 1,181 | $5,344,577 | Jul 29 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Caddyshack II | - | - | - | $3,614,308 | 1,556 | $11,798,302 | Jul 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Wings of Desire | - | - | - | $3,179,500 | 29 | $3,210,139 | Apr 29 | Orion Classics | false |
| 26 | The Big Blue | - | - | - | $3,043,109 | 967 | $3,500,000 | Aug 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | Stealing Home | - | - | - | $2,972,832 | 985 | $7,467,504 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | - | - | - | $2,821,819 | 844 | $3,569,939 | Jul 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | Hot to Trot | - | - | - | $2,767,926 | 1,157 | $6,436,211 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | The Last Temptation of Christ | - | - | - | $2,362,598 | 123 | $8,373,585 | Aug 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Hero and the Terror | - | - | - | $2,198,904 | 995 | $5,301,200 | Aug 26 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 32 | Vibes | - | - | - | $1,883,811 | 1,003 | $1,883,811 | Aug 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 33 | Red Heat | - | - | - | $1,717,646 | 1,892 | $34,994,648 | Jun 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 34 | Crossing Delancey | - | - | - | $118,806 | 303 | $16,262,415 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | The Thin Blue Line | - | - | - | $26,520 | 23 | $1,209,846 | Aug 26 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | The Year My Voice Broke | - | - | - | $9,036 | 20 | $213,901 | Aug 25 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 37 | Vincent | - | - | - | $7,846 | 16 | $1,577,480 | Aug 19 | Roxie Releasing | false |
