| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | - | - | - | $43,579,163 | 1,788 | $9,049,586 | 20.8% | 1,788 | Mar 21 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Money Pit | - | - | - | $37,499,651 | 1,193 | $5,344,555 | 14.3% | 1,189 | Mar 28 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Gung Ho | - | - | - | $36,611,610 | 1,175 | $7,170,830 | 19.6% | 1,150 | Mar 14 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | A Room with a View | - | - | - | $20,966,644 | 150 | $42,970 | 0.2% | 1 | Mar 7 | - | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 5 | Sleeping Beauty 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,120,195 | 1,159 | - | - | - | Mar 7 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | April Fool's Day | - | - | - | $12,947,763 | 1,202 | $3,373,779 | 26.1% | 1,202 | Mar 28 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation | - | - | - | $8,540,346 | 1,476 | - | - | - | Mar 7 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 8 | Lucas | - | - | - | $8,200,000 | 629 | $1,250,101 | 15.2% | 628 | Mar 28 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Just Between Friends | - | - | - | $6,408,791 | 352 | $1,390,718 | 21.7% | 352 | Mar 21 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Highlander | - | - | - | $5,900,000 | 1,040 | $2,453,021 | 41.6% | 1,040 | Mar 7 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Crossroads | - | - | - | $5,839,031 | 982 | $2,071,680 | 35.5% | 982 | Mar 14 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Naked Cage | - | - | - | $3,136,701 | - | - | - | - | Mar 7 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 13 | Desert Hearts | - | - | - | $2,492,088 | - | - | - | - | Mar 7 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 14 | My Beautiful Laundrette | - | - | - | $2,451,545 | - | - | - | - | Mar 7 | - | Orion Classics | false |
| 15 | Nomads | - | - | - | $2,278,264 | 496 | $1,013,328 | 44.5% | 496 | Mar 7 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 16 | Rad | - | - | - | $2,015,882 | 286 | $408,980 | 20.3% | 286 | Mar 21 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Salvador | - | - | - | $1,500,000 | - | - | - | - | Mar 5 | - | Hemdale | false |
| 18 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | - | - | - | $1,338,264 | 1,045 | $531,905 | 39.7% | 1,045 | Mar 21 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 19 | Ginger & Fred | - | - | - | $837,623 | 1 | $22,725 | 2.7% | 1 | Mar 28 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | 16 Days of Glory | - | - | - | $83,857 | - | - | - | - | Mar 7 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
