| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $126,660,661 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $103,103,170 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | Mar 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 3 | Total Recall | - | - | - | $89,754,110 | 2,131 | $119,394,840 | Jun 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | Back to the Future Part III | - | - | - | $68,034,400 | 2,070 | $87,727,583 | May 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Dick Tracy | - | - | - | $63,088,711 | 2,332 | $103,738,726 | Jun 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Bird on a Wire | - | - | - | $61,228,202 | 2,008 | $70,978,012 | May 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Another 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $56,119,767 | 2,721 | $80,818,974 | Jun 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $49,539,002 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | Mar 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Cadillac Man | - | - | - | $27,627,310 | 1,878 | $27,627,310 | May 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | - | - | - | $26,808,318 | 2,155 | $41,482,207 | Jun 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $26,325,489 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $25,029,569 | 1,956 | $25,029,569 | Apr 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | The First Power | - | - | - | $22,424,195 | 1,336 | $22,424,195 | Apr 6 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 14 | RoboCop 2 | - | - | - | $22,133,108 | 1,806 | $45,681,173 | Jun 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | - | - | - | $16,324,573 | 1,535 | $16,324,573 | May 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 16 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $16,186,793 | 1,095 | $16,186,793 | Apr 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $16,131,927 | 1,736 | $17,037,887 | Apr 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Spaced Invaders | - | - | - | $15,369,573 | 1,845 | $15,369,573 | Apr 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Fire Birds | - | - | - | $14,760,451 | 2,006 | $14,760,451 | May 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $13,236,513 | 1,389 | $13,236,513 | Apr 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | House Party | - | - | - | $11,362,391 | 700 | $26,385,627 | Mar 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | Q&A | - | - | - | $11,207,891 | 923 | $11,207,891 | Apr 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | Wild Orchid | - | - | - | $11,060,485 | 822 | $11,060,485 | Apr 27 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 24 | Opportunity Knocks | - | - | - | $10,127,839 | 1,275 | $11,359,129 | Mar 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Henry V | - | - | - | $9,953,550 | 134 | $10,161,099 | Nov 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 26 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $9,888,167 | 833 | $9,888,167 | Apr 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $8,759,157 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 28 | Days of Thunder | - | - | - | $8,519,254 | 2,307 | $82,670,733 | Jun 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Betsy's Wedding | - | - | - | $8,373,685 | 1,058 | $19,740,070 | Jun 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Cry-Baby | - | - | - | $8,266,343 | 1,236 | $8,266,343 | Apr 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | Nuns on the Run | - | - | - | $8,091,652 | 702 | $10,959,015 | Mar 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $7,369,519 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | Mar 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | - | - | - | $6,291,444 | 323 | $6,291,444 | Apr 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $6,036,536 | 239 | $7,724,701 | Apr 6 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,914,602 | 915 | $10,351,534 | Jun 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 36 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $5,171,040 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Lisa | - | - | - | $4,347,648 | 287 | $4,347,648 | Apr 20 | United Artists | false |
| 38 | Lord of the Flies | - | - | - | $4,331,797 | 919 | $13,985,225 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 39 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | - | - | - | $4,087,361 | 82 | $4,087,361 | May 4 | Miramax | false |
| 40 | Short Time | - | - | - | $4,010,647 | 574 | $4,010,647 | May 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 41 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $3,912,219 | 187 | $4,011,793 | Feb 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 42 | Born on the Fourth of July | - | - | - | $3,709,999 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 43 | Longtime Companion | - | - | - | $3,305,673 | 85 | $4,609,953 | May 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 44 | Camille Claudel | - | - | - | $3,232,024 | 34 | $3,331,297 | Dec 21 | Orion Classics | false |
| 45 | Glory | - | - | - | $3,005,303 | 811 | $26,828,365 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 46 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,544,504 | 155 | $2,544,504 | Apr 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Class of 1999 | - | - | - | $2,459,895 | 320 | $2,459,895 | May 11 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 48 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $2,366,261 | 91 | $2,415,312 | Mar 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 49 | Ghost Dad | - | - | - | $2,202,460 | 1,221 | $24,707,633 | Jun 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 50 | Bad Influence | - | - | - | $1,880,340 | 1,300 | $12,626,043 | Mar 9 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 51 | Blue Steel | - | - | - | $1,735,318 | 1,307 | $8,217,997 | Mar 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 52 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | - | - | - | $1,730,005 | 25 | $1,730,005 | May 4 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 53 | Too Beautiful for You | - | - | - | $1,724,320 | 29 | $1,776,440 | Mar 2 | Orion Classics | false |
| 54 | Streets | - | - | - | $1,423,345 | 77 | $1,510,053 | Jan 19 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 55 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | - | - | - | $1,373,728 | 150 | $1,373,728 | May 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 56 | Vital Signs | - | - | - | $1,224,605 | 275 | $1,224,605 | Apr 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 57 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | - | - | - | $377,807 | 8 | $609,939 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 58 | Chattahoochee | - | - | - | $259,486 | 2 | $259,486 | Apr 20 | Hemdale | false |
| 59 | Martians Go Home | - | - | - | $129,778 | 155 | $129,778 | Apr 20 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 60 | A Show of Force | - | - | - | $91,578 | 12 | $91,578 | May 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 61 | Why Me? | - | - | - | $83,882 | 113 | $83,882 | Apr 20 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 62 | Def by Temptation | - | - | - | $82,582 | 57 | $2,218,579 | May 11 | Troma | false |
| 63 | The Fourth War | - | - | - | $73,602 | 1,005 | $1,305,887 | Mar 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 64 | Happy Together | - | - | - | $70,912 | 10 | $70,912 | May 4 | - | false |
| 65 | Monsieur Hire | - | - | - | $48,119 | 26 | $1,417,030 | Apr 20 | Orion Classics | false |
| 66 | May Fools | - | - | - | $34,572 | 30 | $1,576,702 | Jun 22 | Orion Classics | false |
| 67 | Jesus of Montreal | - | - | - | $26,090 | 21 | $1,601,612 | May 25 | Orion Classics | false |
| 68 | Red Surf | - | - | - | $13,136 | 6 | $13,136 | Jun 1 | Academy Entertainment | false |
| 69 | Pathfinder | - | - | - | $10,628 | 1 | $10,628 | May 11 | - | false |
| 70 | The Feud | - | - | - | $3,102 | 1 | $3,102 | May 4 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
