| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Rain Man | - | - | - | $55,076,526 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | Dec 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 2 | Twins | - | - | - | $37,356,335 | 1,659 | $111,938,388 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Working Girl | - | - | - | $26,095,994 | 1,149 | $63,779,477 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | - | - | - | $25,358,334 | 1,969 | $78,756,177 | Dec 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Accidental Tourist | - | - | - | $21,318,401 | 954 | $32,632,093 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Beaches | - | - | - | $19,404,953 | 1,122 | $57,041,866 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | - | - | - | $18,265,487 | 1,515 | $42,039,085 | Dec 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Oliver & Company | - | - | - | $14,102,268 | 1,503 | $53,279,055 | Nov 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $13,461,843 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Tequila Sunrise | - | - | - | $11,613,929 | 1,411 | $41,292,551 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | - | - | - | $10,486,927 | 266 | $13,030,057 | Dec 16 | United Artists | false |
| 12 | The Land Before Time | - | - | - | $9,680,361 | 1,414 | $48,336,291 | Nov 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | DeepStar Six | - | - | - | $8,143,225 | 1,118 | $8,143,225 | Jan 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 14 | Scrooged | - | - | - | $7,581,460 | 1,897 | $60,328,558 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | - | - | - | $6,335,424 | 1,187 | $12,090,735 | Dec 23 | New World Pictures | false |
| 16 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | - | - | - | $6,295,609 | 1,148 | $13,854,000 | Dec 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Three Fugitives | - | - | - | $5,813,820 | 1,374 | $40,586,886 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | The January Man | - | - | - | $4,611,062 | 883 | $4,611,062 | Jan 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 19 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $4,536,380 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Cocoon: The Return | - | - | - | $3,776,197 | 997 | $18,924,919 | Nov 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Talk Radio | - | - | - | $3,138,568 | 653 | $3,468,572 | Dec 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Gleaming the Cube | - | - | - | $2,777,280 | 469 | $2,777,280 | Jan 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Physical Evidence | - | - | - | $1,622,875 | 695 | $3,560,932 | Jan 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | Vincent | - | - | - | $1,569,634 | 16 | $1,577,480 | Aug 19 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 25 | Another Woman | - | - | - | $1,446,787 | 24 | $1,562,749 | Oct 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Pumpkinhead 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,000,000 | 142 | $1,000,000 | Jan 13 | United Artists | false |
| 27 | Ernest Saves Christmas | - | - | - | $913,445 | 1,640 | $28,202,109 | Nov 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Some Girls | - | - | - | $383,991 | 23 | $401,421 | Sep 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | The Chocolate War | - | - | - | $289,273 | 11 | $303,624 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 30 | Parents | - | - | - | $253,035 | 94 | $870,532 | Jan 27 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Experts | - | - | - | $249,281 | 100 | $169,203 | Jan 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | Rachel River | - | - | - | $60,698 | 4 | $60,698 | Jan 20 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 33 | Cohen and Tate | - | - | - | $41,905 | 75 | $64,227 | Jan 27 | Hemdale | false |
| 34 | Under the Sun of Satan | - | - | - | $12,184 | 2 | $68,765 | Jan 20 | Alive Films | false |
| 35 | Manifesto | - | - | - | $10,140 | 1 | $70,060 | Jan 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
