| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 12 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $8,285,112 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Platoon | - | - | - | $20,470,076 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 1 | Lethal Weapon | - | - | - | $33,308,856 | 1,420 | $65,207,127 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Outrageous Fortune | - | - | - | $15,320,384 | 1,316 | $52,864,741 | Jan 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | - | - | - | $29,884,386 | 1,383 | $44,793,222 | Feb 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 5 | Mannequin | - | - | - | $14,961,236 | 978 | $42,721,196 | Feb 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | Blind Date | - | - | - | $6,658,050 | 1,390 | $39,321,715 | Mar 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $4,125,151 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Hoosiers | - | - | - | $9,868,731 | 1,048 | $28,607,524 | Nov 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Tin Men | - | - | - | $12,932,550 | 798 | $25,411,386 | Mar 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Black Widow | - | - | - | $8,868,495 | 754 | $25,205,460 | Feb 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Raising Arizona | - | - | - | $1,604,289 | 697 | $22,847,564 | Mar 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | A Room with a View | - | - | - | $1,547,573 | 150 | $20,966,644 | Mar 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 6 | Some Kind of Wonderful | - | - | - | $14,051,444 | 1,082 | $18,553,948 | Feb 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Mission | - | - | - | $3,616,066 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Angel Heart | - | - | - | $12,725,315 | 819 | $17,185,632 | Mar 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | Burglar | - | - | - | $8,617,835 | 1,019 | $16,337,355 | Mar 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Over the Top | - | - | - | $4,825,102 | 1,758 | $16,057,580 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Radio Days | - | - | - | $6,854,904 | 488 | $14,792,779 | Jan 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Light of Day | - | - | - | $1,848,764 | 1,041 | $10,489,617 | Feb 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Witchboard | - | - | - | $6,460,344 | 1,068 | $7,369,373 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 21 | Evil Dead II | - | - | - | $1,849,104 | 310 | $5,923,044 | Mar 13 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 32 | Hollywood Shuffle | - | - | - | $141,347 | 81 | $5,228,617 | Mar 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 31 | Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $176,001 | 255 | $4,691,838 | Feb 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Death Before Dishonor | - | - | - | $1,811,147 | 776 | $4,546,244 | Feb 20 | New World Pictures | false |
| 19 | Heat | - | - | - | $2,793,214 | 863 | $2,793,214 | Mar 13 | New Century | false |
| 20 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $2,129,527 | 148 | $2,488,740 | Jan 23 | New Century | false |
| 29 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | - | - | - | $316,845 | 344 | $2,136,381 | Feb 20 | New Century | false |
| 26 | Street Smart | - | - | - | $1,119,112 | 207 | $1,119,112 | Mar 20 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 33 | Swimming to Cambodia | - | - | - | $23,976 | 21 | $1,092,911 | Mar 13 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 27 | Marlene | - | - | - | $831,414 | 6 | $852,676 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 28 | Beyond Therapy | - | - | - | $684,198 | 113 | $790,000 | Feb 27 | New World Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Hanoi Hilton | - | - | - | $18,255 | 2 | $760,000 | Mar 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 30 | Number One with a Bullet | - | - | - | $200,191 | 223 | $410,952 | Feb 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
