| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | - | - | - | $17,774,608 | 1,767 | $49,369,899 | Aug 19 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 2 | A Fish Called Wanda | - | - | - | $17,502,088 | 1,223 | $62,493,712 | Jul 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 3 | Die Hard | - | - | - | $16,171,621 | 1,713 | $83,008,852 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Betrayed | - | - | - | $15,746,117 | 1,101 | $25,816,139 | Aug 26 | United Artists | false |
| 5 | Cocktail | - | - | - | $13,856,812 | 1,462 | $78,222,753 | Jul 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Young Guns | - | - | - | $13,626,016 | 1,416 | $45,661,556 | Aug 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | - | - | - | $13,297,516 | 1,598 | $156,452,370 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Coming to America | - | - | - | $13,074,468 | 2,064 | $128,152,301 | Jun 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Married to the Mob | - | - | - | $12,805,898 | 828 | $21,486,757 | Aug 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Moon Over Parador | - | - | - | $11,444,204 | 1,145 | $11,444,204 | Sep 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Big | - | - | - | $8,231,527 | 1,419 | $114,968,774 | Jun 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | - | - | - | $7,950,727 | 720 | $19,652,638 | Aug 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Midnight Run | - | - | - | $6,524,490 | 1,161 | $38,413,606 | Jul 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Eight Men Out | - | - | - | $5,680,515 | 349 | $5,680,515 | Sep 2 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Stealing Home | - | - | - | $4,494,672 | 985 | $7,467,504 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | The Last Temptation of Christ | - | - | - | $3,974,975 | 123 | $8,373,585 | Aug 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 17 | Sweet Hearts Dance | - | - | - | $3,790,493 | 246 | $3,790,493 | Sep 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | Dead Ringers | - | - | - | $3,781,827 | 1,048 | $8,038,508 | Sep 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Hot to Trot | - | - | - | $3,668,280 | 1,157 | $6,436,211 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Tougher Than Leather | - | - | - | $3,582,760 | 130 | $3,582,760 | Sep 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Crossing Delancey | - | - | - | $3,518,815 | 303 | $16,262,415 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Hero and the Terror | - | - | - | $3,102,291 | 995 | $5,301,200 | Aug 26 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 23 | Messenger of Death | - | - | - | $3,074,681 | 450 | $3,074,681 | Sep 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 24 | Kansas | - | - | - | $1,826,470 | 847 | $2,432,536 | Sep 23 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 25 | A Handful of Dust | - | - | - | $1,504,492 | 29 | $1,560,700 | Jun 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 26 | Pascali's Island | - | - | - | $1,410,331 | 55 | $1,451,857 | Jul 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 27 | Patty Hearst | - | - | - | $1,223,326 | 460 | $1,223,326 | Sep 23 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 28 | Gorillas in the Mist | - | - | - | $1,197,318 | 1,085 | $24,720,479 | Sep 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Thin Blue Line | - | - | - | $1,183,321 | 23 | $1,209,846 | Aug 26 | Miramax | false |
| 30 | Mr. North | - | - | - | $1,164,822 | 29 | $1,221,366 | Jul 22 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 31 | Running on Empty | - | - | - | $956,887 | 238 | $2,835,116 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Spellbinder | - | - | - | $657,446 | 326 | $657,446 | Sep 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 33 | Heartbreak Hotel | - | - | - | $370,117 | 1,414 | $5,509,417 | Sep 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Deceivers | - | - | - | $346,297 | 68 | $346,297 | Sep 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 35 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | - | - | - | $295,394 | 627 | $5,596,267 | Sep 30 | New World Pictures | false |
| 36 | The Year My Voice Broke | - | - | - | $203,548 | 20 | $213,901 | Aug 25 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 37 | Miles from Home | - | - | - | $188,964 | 32 | $188,964 | Sep 16 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 38 | Rocket Gibraltar | - | - | - | $187,349 | 5 | $187,349 | Sep 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 39 | Seven Hours to Judgment | - | - | - | $177,820 | 73 | $177,820 | Sep 16 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 40 | Track 29 | - | - | - | $52,328 | 13 | $429,028 | Sep 9 | Island Pictures | false |
| 41 | Punchline | - | - | - | $34,245 | 917 | $21,042,667 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 42 | Some Girls | - | - | - | $17,430 | 23 | $401,421 | Sep 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 43 | Bird | - | - | - | $6,114 | 93 | $2,181,286 | Sep 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | The Prince of Pennsylvania | - | - | - | $5,415 | 1 | $5,415 | Sep 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
