| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | $92,760,875 | 2,327 | $197,171,806 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Batman | - | - | - | $78,936,997 | 2,201 | $251,188,924 | Jun 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Ghostbusters II | - | - | - | $67,379,931 | 2,410 | $112,494,738 | Jun 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Dead Poets Society | - | - | - | $41,344,401 | 1,109 | $95,860,116 | Jun 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | - | - | - | $40,626,273 | 2,202 | $52,210,049 | Jun 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | - | - | - | $28,476,110 | 1,498 | $130,724,172 | Jun 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Field of Dreams | - | - | - | $18,397,862 | 1,100 | $64,431,625 | Apr 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | - | - | - | $18,137,819 | 1,686 | $46,908,987 | May 12 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 9 | No Holds Barred | - | - | - | $16,093,651 | 1,327 | $16,093,651 | Jun 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 10 | Road House | - | - | - | $12,647,535 | 1,935 | $30,050,028 | May 19 | United Artists | false |
| 11 | K-9 | - | - | - | $12,138,135 | 1,706 | $43,247,647 | Apr 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Pet Sematary | - | - | - | $10,777,002 | 1,585 | $57,469,467 | Apr 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Renegades | - | - | - | $9,015,164 | 1,627 | $9,015,164 | Jun 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Pink Cadillac | - | - | - | $7,591,353 | 1,993 | $12,143,484 | May 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Rain Man | - | - | - | $7,466,553 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | Dec 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | Major League | - | - | - | $5,967,659 | 1,615 | $49,797,148 | Apr 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Beaches | - | - | - | $3,534,587 | 1,122 | $57,041,866 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Scandal | - | - | - | $3,123,208 | 371 | $8,800,000 | Apr 28 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | Twins | - | - | - | $3,065,470 | 1,659 | $111,938,388 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | The Karate Kid Part III | - | - | - | $2,386,991 | 1,569 | $38,956,288 | Jun 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | Say Anything | - | - | - | $2,320,183 | 1,113 | $20,781,385 | Apr 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $2,156,471 | 76 | $2,156,471 | Jun 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 23 | Fright Night Part 2 | - | - | - | $1,879,743 | 161 | $2,983,784 | May 19 | New Century | false |
| 24 | High Hopes | - | - | - | $1,150,375 | 25 | $1,192,322 | Feb 24 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | - | - | - | $971,499 | 120 | $8,083,123 | Mar 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | Great Balls of Fire! | - | - | - | $897,155 | 1,417 | $13,741,060 | Jun 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Do the Right Thing | - | - | - | $847,297 | 534 | $27,545,445 | Jun 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $604,444 | 7 | $624,643 | Apr 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 29 | Vampire's Kiss | - | - | - | $142,936 | 45 | $725,131 | Jun 2 | Hemdale | false |
| 30 | Far from Home | - | - | - | $11,859 | 4 | $11,859 | Jun 2 | Vestron Pictures | false |
