| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Three Men and a Baby | - | - | - | $59,783,339 | 1,813 | $167,780,960 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Throw Momma from the Train | - | - | - | $30,715,258 | 1,623 | $57,915,972 | Dec 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | - | - | - | $26,939,719 | 1,494 | $50,504,655 | Dec 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | - | - | - | $26,864,988 | 1,684 | $49,530,280 | Nov 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Wall Street | - | - | - | $18,012,690 | 989 | $43,848,069 | Dec 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Fatal Attraction | - | - | - | $17,603,647 | 1,401 | $156,645,693 | Sep 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,927,694 | 1,657 | $34,101,149 | Nov 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | *batteries not included | - | - | - | $14,662,720 | 1,367 | $32,945,797 | Dec 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Nuts | - | - | - | $12,945,834 | 1,112 | $30,950,002 | Nov 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Broadcast News | - | - | - | $10,319,235 | 848 | $51,249,404 | Dec 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | The Running Man | - | - | - | $9,528,315 | 1,694 | $38,122,105 | Nov 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Overboard | - | - | - | $9,415,897 | 1,135 | $26,713,187 | Dec 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | Empire of the Sun | - | - | - | $8,794,582 | 673 | $22,238,696 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | The Princess Bride | - | - | - | $6,588,158 | 803 | $30,857,814 | Sep 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | Baby Boom | - | - | - | $6,507,115 | 892 | $26,712,476 | Oct 9 | United Artists | false |
| 16 | Flowers in the Attic | - | - | - | $6,186,814 | 1,095 | $15,151,736 | Nov 20 | New World Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Dead | - | - | - | $4,370,078 | 6 | $4,370,078 | Dec 18 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Last Emperor | - | - | - | $3,974,856 | 877 | $43,984,230 | Nov 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Leonard Part 6 | - | - | - | $3,891,660 | 1,149 | $4,615,255 | Dec 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Hello Again | - | - | - | $3,697,770 | 1,207 | $20,419,446 | Nov 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Dirty Dancing | - | - | - | $3,661,194 | 1,012 | $63,446,382 | Aug 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 22 | Less Than Zero | - | - | - | $3,452,274 | 871 | $12,396,383 | Nov 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Teen Wolf Too | - | - | - | $2,899,783 | 1,540 | $7,888,703 | Nov 20 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 24 | Suspect | - | - | - | $1,264,840 | 1,029 | $18,782,400 | Oct 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | Moonstruck | - | - | - | $606,289 | 1,178 | $80,640,528 | Dec 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 26 | September | - | - | - | $486,434 | 15 | $486,434 | Dec 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Good Morning, Vietnam | - | - | - | $440,103 | 1,598 | $123,922,370 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Cold Steel | - | - | - | $285,885 | 135 | $285,885 | Dec 11 | Cinetel | false |
| 29 | Ironweed | - | - | - | $148,768 | 600 | $7,393,346 | Dec 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
