| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghost | - | - | - | $63,572,321 | 1,766 | $217,631,306 | Jul 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Presumed Innocent | - | - | - | $49,527,139 | 1,451 | $86,303,188 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Flatliners | - | - | - | $35,724,486 | 1,483 | $61,489,265 | Aug 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Young Guns II | - | - | - | $32,306,389 | 1,770 | $44,143,410 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Problem Child | - | - | - | $30,887,508 | 1,769 | $53,470,891 | Jul 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Arachnophobia | - | - | - | $28,574,267 | 2,005 | $53,208,180 | Jul 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Air America | - | - | - | $23,305,387 | 1,902 | $31,053,601 | Aug 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | Die Hard 2 | - | - | - | $20,145,229 | 2,507 | $117,540,947 | Jul 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | The Exorcist III | - | - | - | $18,518,443 | 1,414 | $26,098,824 | Aug 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | - | - | - | $18,115,724 | 1,558 | $18,115,724 | Aug 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | $17,560,214 | 1,923 | $44,645,619 | Jul 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Freshman | - | - | - | $16,558,871 | 1,044 | $21,460,601 | Jul 20 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mo' Better Blues | - | - | - | $16,153,593 | 572 | $16,153,593 | Aug 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | My Blue Heaven | - | - | - | $15,351,054 | 1,868 | $23,591,472 | Aug 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Days of Thunder | - | - | - | $12,988,106 | 2,307 | $82,670,733 | Jun 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Darkman | - | - | - | $12,588,345 | 1,833 | $33,878,502 | Aug 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Navy Seals | - | - | - | $11,569,568 | 1,355 | $25,069,101 | Jul 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Taking Care of Business | - | - | - | $10,811,815 | 1,176 | $20,005,435 | Aug 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Two Jakes | - | - | - | $10,005,969 | 1,206 | $10,005,969 | Aug 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 20 | Back to the Future Part III | - | - | - | $7,463,778 | 2,070 | $87,727,583 | May 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Wild at Heart | - | - | - | $7,313,656 | 625 | $14,560,247 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 22 | Men at Work | - | - | - | $5,107,628 | 1,035 | $16,247,964 | Aug 24 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 23 | Total Recall | - | - | - | $4,917,356 | 2,131 | $119,394,840 | Jun 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | RoboCop 2 | - | - | - | $4,789,294 | 1,806 | $45,681,173 | Jun 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | Another 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $4,495,175 | 2,721 | $80,818,974 | Jun 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | Dick Tracy | - | - | - | $4,442,637 | 2,332 | $103,738,726 | Jun 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Pump Up the Volume | - | - | - | $4,151,398 | 821 | $11,541,758 | Aug 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 28 | The Witches | - | - | - | $3,840,607 | 879 | $10,360,553 | Aug 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Metropolitan | - | - | - | $2,938,208 | 5 | $2,938,208 | Aug 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 30 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | - | - | - | $2,884,273 | 909 | $6,698,361 | Aug 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 31 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | - | - | - | $2,580,096 | 1,263 | $21,413,502 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $2,294,496 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | Quick Change | - | - | - | $2,276,742 | 1,596 | $15,260,154 | Jul 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | After Dark, My Sweet | - | - | - | $409,315 | 153 | $2,678,414 | Aug 24 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 35 | The Lemon Sisters | - | - | - | $316,186 | 598 | $3,473,905 | Aug 31 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | - | - | - | $67,161 | 18 | $85,395 | Jul 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 37 | The Icicle Thief | - | - | - | $34,192 | 22 | $1,231,622 | Aug 24 | Aries Films | false |
| 38 | Twister | - | - | - | $33,455 | 2 | $33,455 | Aug 8 | - | false |
