| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lethal Weapon | - | - | - | $51,535,784 | 1,420 | $65,207,127 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Platoon | - | - | - | $43,818,432 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 3 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | - | - | - | $29,394,358 | 1,383 | $44,793,222 | Feb 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 4 | The Secret of My Success | - | - | - | $28,745,282 | 1,346 | $66,995,879 | Apr 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | Blind Date | - | - | - | $28,631,289 | 1,390 | $39,321,715 | Mar 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | Mannequin | - | - | - | $24,650,938 | 978 | $42,721,196 | Feb 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | - | - | - | $23,216,210 | 1,750 | $28,061,343 | Apr 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Tin Men | - | - | - | $22,014,759 | 798 | $25,411,386 | Mar 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Hoosiers | - | - | - | $19,903,363 | 1,048 | $28,607,524 | Nov 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Outrageous Fortune | - | - | - | $18,727,542 | 1,316 | $52,864,741 | Jan 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Angel Heart | - | - | - | $17,185,632 | 819 | $17,185,632 | Mar 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Burglar | - | - | - | $16,337,355 | 1,019 | $16,337,355 | Mar 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Some Kind of Wonderful | - | - | - | $14,170,035 | 1,082 | $18,553,948 | Feb 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Aristocats 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $13,094,313 | 1,491 | $17,452,658 | Apr 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Raising Arizona | - | - | - | $12,047,723 | 697 | $22,847,564 | Mar 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $10,642,721 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Black Widow | - | - | - | $8,868,495 | 754 | $25,205,460 | Feb 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $8,597,970 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | Project X | - | - | - | $7,898,060 | 1,025 | $18,532,286 | Apr 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | A Room with a View | - | - | - | $7,847,802 | 150 | $20,966,644 | Mar 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 21 | Witchboard | - | - | - | $7,220,152 | 1,068 | $7,369,373 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 22 | Radio Days | - | - | - | $5,650,899 | 488 | $14,792,779 | Jan 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Mission | - | - | - | $4,464,882 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Extreme Prejudice | - | - | - | $4,398,957 | 1,071 | $11,307,844 | Apr 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | Evil Dead II | - | - | - | $3,662,631 | 310 | $5,923,044 | Mar 13 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 26 | Over the Top | - | - | - | $2,907,007 | 1,758 | $16,057,580 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Heat | - | - | - | $2,793,214 | 863 | $2,793,214 | Mar 13 | New Century | false |
| 28 | My Demon Lover | - | - | - | $2,203,935 | 1,115 | $3,922,273 | Apr 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 29 | Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,769,465 | 255 | $4,691,838 | Feb 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Making Mr. Right | - | - | - | $1,584,970 | 296 | $1,584,970 | Apr 10 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Light of Day | - | - | - | $1,253,604 | 1,041 | $10,489,617 | Feb 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 32 | Street Smart | - | - | - | $1,119,112 | 207 | $1,119,112 | Mar 20 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 33 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $1,083,296 | 148 | $2,488,740 | Jan 23 | New Century | false |
| 34 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | - | - | - | $1,035,459 | 344 | $2,136,381 | Feb 20 | New Century | false |
| 35 | Death Before Dishonor | - | - | - | $990,372 | 776 | $4,546,244 | Feb 20 | New World Pictures | false |
| 36 | Campus Man | - | - | - | $989,528 | 307 | $989,528 | Apr 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 37 | Return to Horror High | - | - | - | $924,998 | 227 | $1,189,709 | Jan 9 | New World Pictures | false |
| 38 | Marlene | - | - | - | $831,414 | 6 | $852,676 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 39 | 84 Charing Cross Road | - | - | - | $772,063 | 24 | $1,083,486 | Feb 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Hanoi Hilton | - | - | - | $760,000 | 2 | $760,000 | Mar 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 41 | Defense of the Realm | - | - | - | $722,230 | 15 | $750,000 | Nov 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 42 | Beyond Therapy | - | - | - | $419,693 | 113 | $790,000 | Feb 27 | New World Pictures | false |
| 43 | The Assault | - | - | - | $308,332 | 25 | $512,403 | Sep 19 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 44 | Hollywood Shuffle | - | - | - | $141,347 | 81 | $5,228,617 | Mar 20 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 45 | Prick Up Your Ears | - | - | - | $66,882 | 36 | $1,654,743 | Apr 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 46 | Gothic | - | - | - | $54,331 | 20 | $916,172 | Apr 10 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 47 | Swimming to Cambodia | - | - | - | $23,976 | 21 | $1,092,911 | Mar 13 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 48 | Forever, Lulu | - | - | - | $15,480 | 1 | $36,786 | Apr 24 | TriStar Pictures | false |
