| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $100,139,371 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | Mar 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $99,447,828 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | Mar 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 3 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $83,833,074 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $41,658,230 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $33,533,996 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | Mar 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | House Party | - | - | - | $26,385,627 | 700 | $26,385,627 | Mar 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $19,463,938 | 1,956 | $25,029,569 | Apr 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Hard to Kill | - | - | - | $18,290,276 | 1,508 | $47,410,827 | Feb 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | The First Power | - | - | - | $18,166,904 | 1,336 | $22,424,195 | Apr 6 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Lord of the Flies | - | - | - | $13,985,225 | 919 | $13,985,225 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $12,816,440 | 1,095 | $16,186,793 | Apr 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 12 | Bad Influence | - | - | - | $12,626,043 | 1,300 | $12,626,043 | Mar 9 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 13 | Born on the Fourth of July | - | - | - | $12,436,324 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Opportunity Knocks | - | - | - | $11,359,129 | 1,275 | $11,359,129 | Mar 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Nuns on the Run | - | - | - | $10,959,015 | 702 | $10,959,015 | Mar 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Madhouse | - | - | - | $10,702,834 | 1,555 | $21,036,771 | Feb 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Steel Magnolias | - | - | - | $10,512,161 | 1,372 | $83,759,091 | Nov 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $10,398,533 | 1,389 | $13,236,513 | Apr 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $10,001,882 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | Henry V | - | - | - | $9,953,550 | 134 | $10,161,099 | Nov 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 21 | The Little Mermaid | - | - | - | $8,474,934 | 1,533 | $84,355,863 | Nov 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Cry-Baby | - | - | - | $8,266,343 | 1,236 | $8,266,343 | Apr 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Blue Steel | - | - | - | $8,217,997 | 1,307 | $8,217,997 | Mar 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 24 | Glory | - | - | - | $7,947,863 | 811 | $26,828,365 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $7,068,190 | 1,736 | $17,037,887 | Apr 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Gods Must Be Crazy II | - | - | - | $6,291,444 | 323 | $6,291,444 | Apr 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | The War of the Roses | - | - | - | $6,015,961 | 1,559 | $86,888,546 | Dec 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $5,933,314 | 833 | $9,888,167 | Apr 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Spaced Invaders | - | - | - | $5,326,416 | 1,845 | $15,369,573 | Apr 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Handmaid's Tale | - | - | - | $4,960,385 | 177 | $4,960,385 | Mar 9 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 31 | Revenge | - | - | - | $4,688,061 | 1,382 | $15,645,616 | Feb 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 32 | Lisa | - | - | - | $4,347,648 | 287 | $4,347,648 | Apr 20 | United Artists | false |
| 33 | Lambada | - | - | - | $4,263,112 | 1,117 | $4,263,112 | Mar 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Stella | - | - | - | $4,114,024 | 1,393 | $20,240,128 | Feb 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 35 | Q&A | - | - | - | $3,747,865 | 923 | $11,207,891 | Apr 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 36 | Wild Orchid | - | - | - | $3,646,642 | 822 | $11,060,485 | Apr 27 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 37 | A Shock to the System | - | - | - | $3,417,056 | 345 | $3,417,056 | Mar 23 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 38 | Back to the Future Part II | - | - | - | $3,400,176 | 2,107 | $118,450,002 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | Men Don't Leave | - | - | - | $3,215,911 | 802 | $6,070,725 | Feb 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $2,899,886 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 41 | Blind Fury | - | - | - | $2,692,037 | 353 | $2,692,037 | Mar 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $2,603,031 | 239 | $7,724,701 | Apr 6 | Miramax | false |
| 43 | Impulse | - | - | - | $2,544,504 | 155 | $2,544,504 | Apr 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | Nightbreed | - | - | - | $2,115,345 | 1,488 | $8,862,354 | Feb 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 45 | The Forbidden Dance | - | - | - | $1,823,154 | 637 | $1,823,154 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 46 | The Last of the Finest | - | - | - | $1,531,489 | 424 | $1,531,489 | Mar 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 47 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $1,512,574 | 91 | $2,415,312 | Mar 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 48 | Streets | - | - | - | $1,423,345 | 77 | $1,510,053 | Jan 19 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 49 | The Fourth War | - | - | - | $1,305,887 | 1,005 | $1,305,887 | Mar 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 50 | Vital Signs | - | - | - | $1,224,605 | 275 | $1,224,605 | Apr 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 51 | Roger & Me | - | - | - | $1,018,123 | 265 | $6,706,368 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | Coupe de Ville | - | - | - | $715,983 | 170 | $715,983 | Mar 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 53 | For All Mankind | - | - | - | $715,957 | 9 | $770,132 | Nov 1 | Apollo Associates | false |
| 54 | Angel Town | - | - | - | $456,058 | 55 | $855,810 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 55 | Where the Heart Is | - | - | - | $441,904 | 235 | $1,106,475 | Feb 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 56 | The Blood of Heroes | - | - | - | $276,142 | 318 | $882,290 | Feb 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 57 | Chattahoochee | - | - | - | $259,486 | 2 | $259,486 | Apr 20 | Hemdale | false |
| 58 | Martians Go Home | - | - | - | $129,778 | 155 | $129,778 | Apr 20 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 59 | Why Me? | - | - | - | $83,882 | 113 | $83,882 | Apr 20 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 60 | Too Beautiful for You | - | - | - | $52,120 | 29 | $1,776,440 | Mar 2 | Orion Classics | false |
| 61 | Monsieur Hire | - | - | - | $48,119 | 26 | $1,417,030 | Apr 20 | Orion Classics | false |
