| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 3 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $21,178,320 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Platoon | - | - | - | $19,866,073 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | - | - | - | $25,320,347 | 1,956 | $109,713,132 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 1 | The Golden Child | - | - | - | $26,033,073 | 1,714 | $79,817,937 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | Outrageous Fortune | - | - | - | $2,379,386 | 1,316 | $52,864,741 | Jan 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | An American Tail | - | - | - | $13,892,395 | 1,249 | $47,483,002 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Heartbreak Ridge | - | - | - | $12,266,435 | 1,647 | $42,724,017 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Three Amigos! | - | - | - | $14,514,554 | 1,466 | $39,246,734 | Dec 12 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Little Shop of Horrors | - | - | - | $17,786,916 | 1,183 | $38,748,395 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $16,525,904 | 1,375 | $31,129,082 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Morning After | - | - | - | $15,729,448 | 955 | $25,147,055 | Dec 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Crimes of the Heart | - | - | - | $10,061,096 | 685 | $22,905,522 | Dec 12 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 10 | Critical Condition | - | - | - | $12,671,727 | 1,343 | $20,240,502 | Jan 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Mission | - | - | - | $7,729,811 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Radio Days | - | - | - | $601,044 | 488 | $14,792,779 | Jan 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Mosquito Coast | - | - | - | $7,753,929 | 451 | $14,302,779 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The Bedroom Window | - | - | - | $7,651,748 | 934 | $12,640,385 | Jan 16 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 20 | No Mercy | - | - | - | $5,286,421 | 1,206 | $12,303,904 | Dec 19 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | - | - | - | $7,587,376 | 778 | $11,957,943 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | - | - | - | $7,555,000 | 1,032 | $7,555,000 | Jan 16 | New World Pictures | false |
| 29 | Witchboard | - | - | - | $103,118 | 1,068 | $7,369,373 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 18 | Assassination | - | - | - | $6,075,793 | 1,000 | $6,075,793 | Jan 9 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 19 | Wisdom | - | - | - | $5,715,174 | 791 | $5,715,174 | Jan 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | King Kong Lives | - | - | - | $1,163,386 | 1,105 | $4,711,220 | Dec 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 21 | The Color Purple 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,292,009 | 601 | $4,292,009 | Jan 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | - | - | - | $694,106 | 1,000 | $3,751,699 | Jan 30 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 22 | Sid and Nancy | - | - | - | $2,750,919 | 43 | $2,826,523 | Oct 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 28 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $359,213 | 148 | $2,488,740 | Jan 23 | New Century | false |
| 24 | The Kindred | - | - | - | $1,261,849 | 566 | $2,407,024 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 30 | Iron Warrior | - | - | - | $11,385 | 17 | $11,385 | Jan 9 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 31 | Duet for One | - | - | - | $1,021 | 1 | $8,736 | Dec 25 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
