| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | $46,931,772 | 2,327 | $197,171,806 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Field of Dreams | - | - | - | $29,172,679 | 1,100 | $64,431,625 | Apr 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | K-9 | - | - | - | $26,378,053 | 1,706 | $43,247,647 | Apr 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Pet Sematary | - | - | - | $25,546,438 | 1,585 | $57,469,467 | Apr 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | - | - | - | $23,809,283 | 1,686 | $46,908,987 | May 12 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | Major League | - | - | - | $14,456,638 | 1,615 | $49,797,148 | Apr 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Road House | - | - | - | $13,637,583 | 1,935 | $30,050,028 | May 19 | United Artists | false |
| 8 | The Dream Team | - | - | - | $9,153,720 | 1,459 | $28,890,240 | Apr 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Rain Man | - | - | - | $7,868,907 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | Dec 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 10 | Say Anything | - | - | - | $7,319,445 | 1,113 | $20,781,385 | Apr 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Criminal Law | - | - | - | $6,521,568 | 1,166 | $9,974,446 | Apr 28 | Hemdale | false |
| 12 | Scandal | - | - | - | $5,303,260 | 371 | $8,800,000 | Apr 28 | Miramax | false |
| 13 | Pink Cadillac | - | - | - | $4,552,128 | 1,993 | $12,143,484 | May 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Listen to Me | - | - | - | $4,299,023 | 1,306 | $4,299,023 | May 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 15 | She's Out of Control | - | - | - | $4,147,424 | 987 | $12,065,892 | Apr 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | Earth Girls Are Easy | - | - | - | $3,916,303 | 317 | $3,916,303 | May 12 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 17 | Loverboy | - | - | - | $3,064,700 | 1,089 | $3,960,327 | Apr 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $3,057,451 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Pelle the Conqueror | - | - | - | $1,984,452 | 42 | $2,053,931 | Dec 21 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | See You in the Morning | - | - | - | $1,869,999 | 743 | $4,795,009 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Miss Firecracker | - | - | - | $1,823,625 | 211 | $1,852,655 | Apr 28 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 22 | Working Girl | - | - | - | $1,753,742 | 1,149 | $63,779,477 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | - | - | - | $1,620,854 | 120 | $8,083,123 | Mar 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | House III: The Horror Show | - | - | - | $1,325,758 | 444 | $1,738,897 | Apr 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | How I Got Into College | - | - | - | $1,207,830 | 743 | $1,642,239 | May 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Miracle Mile | - | - | - | $1,145,404 | 143 | $1,145,404 | May 19 | Hemdale | false |
| 27 | Fright Night Part 2 | - | - | - | $1,104,039 | 161 | $2,983,784 | May 19 | New Century | false |
| 28 | Getting It Right | - | - | - | $960,385 | 44 | $960,385 | May 5 | - | false |
| 29 | Red Scorpion | - | - | - | $865,552 | 1,268 | $4,192,440 | Apr 21 | - | false |
| 30 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $721,961 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Speed Zone | - | - | - | $718,146 | 1,195 | $3,077,361 | Apr 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Crusoe | - | - | - | $303,004 | 25 | $315,421 | Mar 31 | Island Pictures | false |
| 33 | Powwow Highway | - | - | - | $269,224 | 14 | $283,747 | Feb 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | For Queen & Country | - | - | - | $191,051 | 33 | $191,051 | May 19 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 35 | Heathers | - | - | - | $69,572 | 54 | $1,108,462 | Mar 31 | New World Pictures | false |
| 36 | Checking Out | - | - | - | $12,230 | 8 | $30,877 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
