| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Fatal Attraction | - | - | - | $51,770,787 | 1,401 | $156,645,693 | Sep 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Like Father Like Son | - | - | - | $25,011,096 | 1,277 | $34,377,585 | Oct 2 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Princess Bride | - | - | - | $14,822,785 | 803 | $30,857,814 | Sep 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Dirty Dancing | - | - | - | $10,711,579 | 1,012 | $63,446,382 | Aug 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Principal | - | - | - | $9,401,458 | 1,196 | $19,734,940 | Sep 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | Someone to Watch Over Me | - | - | - | $8,432,112 | 894 | $10,278,549 | Oct 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | Stakeout | - | - | - | $8,002,381 | 1,364 | $65,673,233 | Aug 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Prince of Darkness | - | - | - | $7,051,895 | 1,239 | $14,182,492 | Oct 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Baby Boom | - | - | - | $6,752,626 | 892 | $26,712,476 | Oct 9 | United Artists | false |
| 10 | Suspect | - | - | - | $6,311,245 | 1,029 | $18,782,400 | Oct 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | Hellraiser | - | - | - | $5,955,250 | 1,104 | $14,564,027 | Sep 18 | New World Pictures | false |
| 12 | Surrender | - | - | - | $5,711,976 | 1,067 | $5,711,976 | Oct 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | The Pick-up Artist | - | - | - | $5,286,816 | 1,132 | $13,290,368 | Sep 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | No Way Out | - | - | - | $5,004,944 | 1,130 | $35,509,515 | Aug 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | La Bamba | - | - | - | $4,947,539 | 1,251 | $54,215,416 | Jul 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 16 | Three O'Clock High | - | - | - | $3,685,862 | 849 | $3,685,862 | Oct 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Big Shots | - | - | - | $3,390,043 | 932 | $3,390,043 | Oct 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Near Dark | - | - | - | $3,369,307 | 429 | $3,369,307 | Oct 2 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 19 | Can't Buy Me Love | - | - | - | $3,365,318 | 1,283 | $31,623,833 | Aug 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Best Seller | - | - | - | $3,224,697 | 253 | $4,278,150 | Sep 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Barfly | - | - | - | $3,221,568 | 2 | $3,221,568 | Oct 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 22 | No Man's Land | - | - | - | $2,877,571 | 510 | $2,877,571 | Oct 23 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | - | - | - | $2,683,519 | 343 | $2,683,519 | Oct 16 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 24 | RoboCop | - | - | - | $2,681,759 | 1,601 | $53,424,681 | Jul 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | House of Games | - | - | - | $2,585,639 | 9 | $2,585,639 | Oct 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Sicilian | - | - | - | $2,569,241 | 370 | $5,406,879 | Oct 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | The Big Easy | - | - | - | $2,166,506 | 1,219 | $17,685,307 | Aug 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 28 | Matewan | - | - | - | $1,641,247 | 42 | $1,680,358 | Aug 28 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 29 | Dancers | - | - | - | $1,190,416 | 12 | $1,190,416 | Oct 9 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 30 | Fatal Beauty | - | - | - | $1,083,452 | 1,117 | $12,046,526 | Oct 30 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 31 | The Hidden | - | - | - | $998,120 | 1,045 | $9,747,988 | Oct 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 32 | The Big Town | - | - | - | $797,612 | 762 | $1,733,017 | Sep 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 33 | Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll | - | - | - | $719,323 | 33 | $719,323 | Oct 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | China Girl | - | - | - | $717,159 | 193 | $1,262,091 | Sep 25 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 35 | Real Men | - | - | - | $606,383 | 150 | $873,903 | Sep 25 | United Artists | false |
| 36 | In the Mood | - | - | - | $605,244 | 361 | $999,382 | Sep 16 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Man on Fire | - | - | - | $519,596 | 178 | $519,596 | Oct 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 38 | Oviri | - | - | - | $518,520 | 16 | $583,800 | Jul 31 | International Film Marketing | false |
| 39 | Slam Dance | - | - | - | $406,881 | 47 | $406,881 | Oct 2 | Island Pictures | false |
| 40 | Orphans | - | - | - | $230,756 | 25 | $252,430 | Sep 18 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | Weeds | - | - | - | $190,821 | 86 | $2,325,444 | Oct 16 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 42 | Hope and Glory | - | - | - | $38,293 | 328 | $10,021,120 | Oct 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 43 | Zombie High | - | - | - | $21,905 | 25 | $21,905 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 44 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | - | - | - | $15,802 | 15 | $1,196,336 | Oct 30 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
