| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twins | - | - | - | $57,617,595 | 1,659 | $111,938,388 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Scrooged | - | - | - | $55,470,818 | 1,897 | $60,328,558 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | - | - | - | $49,489,012 | 1,969 | $78,756,177 | Dec 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Rain Man | - | - | - | $46,013,319 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | Dec 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 5 | Oliver & Company | - | - | - | $40,999,647 | 1,503 | $53,279,055 | Nov 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Land Before Time | - | - | - | $38,412,485 | 1,414 | $48,336,291 | Nov 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Child's Play | - | - | - | $33,244,684 | 1,490 | $33,244,684 | Nov 11 | United Artists | false |
| 8 | Tequila Sunrise | - | - | - | $29,678,622 | 1,411 | $41,292,551 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | Ernest Saves Christmas | - | - | - | $27,815,734 | 1,640 | $28,202,109 | Nov 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | - | - | - | $23,521,518 | 1,515 | $42,039,085 | Dec 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Working Girl | - | - | - | $18,474,239 | 1,149 | $63,779,477 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | The Accused | - | - | - | $16,792,781 | 930 | $32,078,318 | Oct 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Cocoon: The Return | - | - | - | $16,079,817 | 997 | $18,924,919 | Nov 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | They Live | - | - | - | $13,008,928 | 1,463 | $13,447,978 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Everybody's All-American | - | - | - | $12,638,294 | 1,123 | $12,638,294 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | - | - | - | $11,722,810 | 1,598 | $156,452,370 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Iron Eagle II | - | - | - | $10,497,324 | 878 | $10,497,324 | Nov 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | Mystic Pizza | - | - | - | $9,452,444 | 440 | $12,793,213 | Oct 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 19 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | - | - | - | $9,030,656 | 1,148 | $13,854,000 | Dec 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | U2: Rattle and Hum | - | - | - | $8,600,823 | 1,391 | $8,600,823 | Nov 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | High Spirits | - | - | - | $8,578,231 | 826 | $8,578,231 | Nov 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | - | - | - | $8,038,981 | 1,187 | $12,090,735 | Dec 23 | New World Pictures | false |
| 23 | A Cry in the Dark | - | - | - | $6,908,797 | 334 | $6,908,797 | Nov 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Fresh Horses | - | - | - | $6,640,346 | 1,276 | $6,640,346 | Nov 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | Die Hard | - | - | - | $6,545,822 | 1,713 | $83,008,852 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Gorillas in the Mist | - | - | - | $6,310,564 | 1,085 | $24,720,479 | Sep 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | 1969 | - | - | - | $5,979,011 | 520 | $5,979,011 | Nov 18 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 28 | Without a Clue | - | - | - | $5,746,218 | 491 | $8,539,181 | Oct 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Punchline | - | - | - | $4,918,649 | 917 | $21,042,667 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 30 | A Fish Called Wanda | - | - | - | $4,833,400 | 1,223 | $62,493,712 | Jul 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 31 | The Good Mother | - | - | - | $4,764,606 | 670 | $4,764,606 | Nov 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | Crossing Delancey | - | - | - | $4,697,059 | 303 | $16,262,415 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Alien Nation | - | - | - | $4,267,868 | 1,436 | $25,216,243 | Oct 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | - | - | - | $3,467,359 | 1,692 | $17,768,757 | Oct 21 | - | false |
| 35 | Madame Sousatzka | - | - | - | $3,297,155 | 123 | $3,548,238 | Oct 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 36 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | - | - | - | $2,543,130 | 266 | $13,030,057 | Dec 16 | United Artists | false |
| 37 | Salaam Bombay! | - | - | - | $2,035,374 | 27 | $2,080,046 | Oct 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 38 | Feds | - | - | - | $2,003,786 | 850 | $3,838,793 | Oct 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Clara's Heart | - | - | - | $1,788,192 | 315 | $5,194,491 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $1,285,399 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 41 | Bat*21 | - | - | - | $1,278,432 | 516 | $3,966,256 | Oct 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 42 | Pumpkinhead | - | - | - | $1,252,850 | 353 | $3,385,516 | Oct 14 | United Artists | false |
| 43 | The Lair of the White Worm | - | - | - | $1,155,553 | 32 | $1,189,315 | Oct 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 44 | Watchers | - | - | - | $940,173 | 161 | $940,173 | Dec 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | Beaches | - | - | - | $714,692 | 1,122 | $57,041,866 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 46 | Split Decisions | - | - | - | $695,822 | 405 | $695,822 | Nov 11 | New Century | false |
| 47 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $586,948 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Buster | - | - | - | $540,000 | 217 | $540,000 | Nov 23 | Hemdale | false |
| 49 | The Last Temptation of Christ | - | - | - | $503,370 | 123 | $8,373,585 | Aug 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 50 | Full Moon in Blue Water | - | - | - | $450,726 | 56 | $450,726 | Nov 23 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 51 | The Accidental Tourist | - | - | - | $438,834 | 954 | $32,632,093 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | Talk Radio | - | - | - | $330,004 | 653 | $3,468,572 | Dec 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 53 | Distant Thunder | - | - | - | $156,188 | 31 | $156,188 | Nov 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 54 | Hanna's War | - | - | - | $139,796 | 35 | $139,796 | Nov 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 55 | Torch Song Trilogy | - | - | - | $132,733 | 135 | $4,865,997 | Dec 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 56 | Some Girls | - | - | - | $124,639 | 23 | $401,421 | Sep 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 57 | Amsterdamned | - | - | - | $98,003 | 5 | $98,003 | Nov 23 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 58 | Ghost Town | - | - | - | $75,000 | 8 | $75,000 | Nov 11 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 59 | Pelle the Conqueror | - | - | - | $69,479 | 42 | $2,053,931 | Dec 21 | Miramax | false |
| 60 | We Think the World of You | - | - | - | $20,998 | 1 | $20,998 | Dec 22 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 61 | The Chocolate War | - | - | - | $14,351 | 11 | $303,624 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 62 | Haunted Summer | - | - | - | $9,911 | 1 | $9,911 | Dec 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
