| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Batman | - | - | - | $125,186,597 | 2,201 | $251,188,924 | Jun 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Lethal Weapon 2 | - | - | - | $87,404,098 | 1,830 | $147,253,986 | Jul 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | - | - | - | $66,736,254 | 1,498 | $130,724,172 | Jun 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Ghostbusters II | - | - | - | $35,045,438 | 2,410 | $112,494,738 | Jun 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | $34,542,317 | 2,327 | $197,171,806 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Dead Poets Society | - | - | - | $33,077,748 | 1,109 | $95,860,116 | Jun 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Karate Kid Part III | - | - | - | $30,763,221 | 1,569 | $38,956,288 | Jun 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 8 | Licence to Kill | - | - | - | $23,784,818 | 1,587 | $34,667,015 | Jul 14 | United Artists | false |
| 9 | When Harry Met Sally... | - | - | - | $23,204,887 | 1,174 | $92,823,546 | Jul 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 10 | Weekend at Bernie's | - | - | - | $21,430,624 | 1,139 | $30,218,387 | Jul 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Peter Pan 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $19,404,941 | 1,533 | $29,445,131 | Jul 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Do the Right Thing | - | - | - | $18,333,994 | 534 | $27,545,445 | Jun 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Field of Dreams | - | - | - | $15,151,273 | 1,100 | $64,431,625 | Apr 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Great Balls of Fire! | - | - | - | $12,843,904 | 1,417 | $13,741,060 | Jun 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | - | - | - | $11,583,774 | 2,202 | $52,210,049 | Jun 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | Turner & Hooch | - | - | - | $10,931,168 | 1,888 | $71,079,915 | Jul 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | - | - | - | $4,961,880 | 1,686 | $46,908,987 | May 12 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | - | - | - | $4,849,032 | 1,683 | $14,343,976 | Jul 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | UHF | - | - | - | $4,365,960 | 1,295 | $6,157,157 | Jul 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Shag | - | - | - | $4,330,150 | 850 | $6,957,975 | Jul 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 21 | Road House | - | - | - | $3,764,902 | 1,935 | $30,050,028 | May 19 | United Artists | false |
| 22 | Parenthood | - | - | - | $2,027,780 | 1,399 | $100,047,830 | Aug 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Twins | - | - | - | $1,339,781 | 1,659 | $111,938,388 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Little Vera | - | - | - | $1,224,305 | 23 | $1,262,598 | Apr 14 | - | false |
| 25 | Vampire's Kiss | - | - | - | $582,195 | 45 | $725,131 | Jun 2 | Hemdale | false |
| 26 | Babar: The Movie | - | - | - | $333,436 | 510 | $1,305,187 | Jul 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 27 | The Music Teacher | - | - | - | $28,960 | 19 | $1,086,894 | Jul 7 | Orion Classics | false |
| 28 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | $8,744 | 22 | $688,329 | Jul 28 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 29 | Catch Me If You Can | - | - | - | $2,104 | 4 | $3,686 | Jul 28 | - | false |
