| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Platoon | - | - | - | $96,969,476 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Outrageous Fortune | - | - | - | $45,827,063 | 1,316 | $52,864,741 | Jan 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $42,088,560 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | - | - | - | $36,971,114 | 1,956 | $109,713,132 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Golden Child | - | - | - | $36,673,355 | 1,714 | $79,817,937 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Lethal Weapon | - | - | - | $33,308,856 | 1,420 | $65,207,127 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | - | - | - | $33,132,355 | 1,383 | $44,793,222 | Feb 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 8 | Mannequin | - | - | - | $29,472,959 | 978 | $42,721,196 | Feb 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Black Widow | - | - | - | $25,205,460 | 754 | $25,205,460 | Feb 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Little Shop of Horrors | - | - | - | $24,517,419 | 1,183 | $38,748,395 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Critical Condition | - | - | - | $20,240,502 | 1,343 | $20,240,502 | Jan 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Morning After | - | - | - | $17,074,820 | 955 | $25,147,055 | Dec 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | Lady and the Tramp 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $16,525,904 | 1,375 | $31,129,082 | Dec 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Over the Top | - | - | - | $16,057,580 | 1,758 | $16,057,580 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Three Amigos! | - | - | - | $15,932,121 | 1,466 | $39,246,734 | Dec 12 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Some Kind of Wonderful | - | - | - | $15,303,992 | 1,082 | $18,553,948 | Feb 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Hoosiers | - | - | - | $15,210,438 | 1,048 | $28,607,524 | Nov 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Mission | - | - | - | $15,024,550 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Radio Days | - | - | - | $14,792,779 | 488 | $14,792,779 | Jan 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Crimes of the Heart | - | - | - | $14,295,257 | 685 | $22,905,522 | Dec 12 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 21 | An American Tail | - | - | - | $13,892,395 | 1,249 | $47,483,002 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | A Room with a View | - | - | - | $13,603,119 | 150 | $20,966,644 | Mar 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 23 | Tin Men | - | - | - | $12,932,550 | 798 | $25,411,386 | Mar 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Angel Heart | - | - | - | $12,725,315 | 819 | $17,185,632 | Mar 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Bedroom Window | - | - | - | $12,640,385 | 934 | $12,640,385 | Jan 16 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 26 | Heartbreak Ridge | - | - | - | $12,266,435 | 1,647 | $42,724,017 | Dec 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Light of Day | - | - | - | $10,489,617 | 1,041 | $10,489,617 | Feb 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 28 | From the Hip | - | - | - | $9,518,342 | 971 | $9,518,342 | Feb 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 29 | Burglar | - | - | - | $8,617,835 | 1,019 | $16,337,355 | Mar 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | The Mosquito Coast | - | - | - | $7,753,929 | 451 | $14,302,779 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | - | - | - | $7,587,376 | 778 | $11,957,943 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | - | - | - | $7,555,000 | 1,032 | $7,555,000 | Jan 16 | New World Pictures | false |
| 33 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $7,155,156 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 34 | Blind Date | - | - | - | $6,658,050 | 1,390 | $39,321,715 | Mar 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 35 | Witchboard | - | - | - | $6,555,779 | 1,068 | $7,369,373 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 36 | Assassination | - | - | - | $6,075,793 | 1,000 | $6,075,793 | Jan 9 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 37 | Wisdom | - | - | - | $5,715,174 | 791 | $5,715,174 | Jan 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 38 | No Mercy | - | - | - | $5,286,421 | 1,206 | $12,303,904 | Dec 19 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 39 | Death Before Dishonor | - | - | - | $4,546,244 | 776 | $4,546,244 | Feb 20 | New World Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Color Purple 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,292,009 | 601 | $4,292,009 | Jan 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | - | - | - | $3,751,699 | 1,000 | $3,751,699 | Jan 30 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 42 | Heat | - | - | - | $2,793,214 | 863 | $2,793,214 | Mar 13 | New Century | false |
| 43 | Sid and Nancy | - | - | - | $2,750,919 | 43 | $2,826,523 | Oct 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 44 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $2,488,740 | 148 | $2,488,740 | Jan 23 | New Century | false |
| 45 | Dead of Winter | - | - | - | $2,413,427 | 491 | $2,413,427 | Feb 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 46 | The Kindred | - | - | - | $2,407,024 | 566 | $2,407,024 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 47 | Betty Blue | - | - | - | $1,954,850 | 20 | $2,003,822 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 48 | Evil Dead II | - | - | - | $1,849,104 | 310 | $5,923,044 | Mar 13 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 49 | Raising Arizona | - | - | - | $1,604,289 | 697 | $22,847,564 | Mar 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | King Kong Lives | - | - | - | $1,163,386 | 1,105 | $4,711,220 | Dec 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 51 | Street Smart | - | - | - | $1,119,112 | 207 | $1,119,112 | Mar 20 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 52 | Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $985,574 | 255 | $4,691,838 | Feb 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 53 | Marlene | - | - | - | $831,414 | 6 | $852,676 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 54 | Beyond Therapy | - | - | - | $790,000 | 113 | $790,000 | Feb 27 | New World Pictures | false |
| 55 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | - | - | - | $498,319 | 344 | $2,136,381 | Feb 20 | New Century | false |
| 56 | Number One with a Bullet | - | - | - | $410,952 | 223 | $410,952 | Feb 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 57 | Return to Horror High | - | - | - | $264,711 | 227 | $1,189,709 | Jan 9 | New World Pictures | false |
| 58 | Hollywood Shuffle | - | - | - | $141,347 | 81 | $5,228,617 | Mar 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 59 | 84 Charing Cross Road | - | - | - | $33,172 | 24 | $1,083,486 | Feb 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 60 | The Good Father | - | - | - | $29,640 | 17 | $421,201 | Feb 11 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 61 | Swimming to Cambodia | - | - | - | $23,976 | 21 | $1,092,911 | Mar 13 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 62 | The Hanoi Hilton | - | - | - | $18,255 | 2 | $760,000 | Mar 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 63 | Iron Warrior | - | - | - | $11,385 | 17 | $11,385 | Jan 9 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 64 | Duet for One | - | - | - | $1,021 | 1 | $8,736 | Dec 25 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
