| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 89 | Catch Me If You Can | - | - | - | $3,686 | 4 | $3,686 | Jul 28 | - | false |
| 88 | Far from Home | - | - | - | $11,859 | 4 | $11,859 | Jun 2 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 87 | Checking Out | - | - | - | $12,230 | 8 | $30,877 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 86 | The Time Guardian | - | - | - | $12,682 | 2 | $12,682 | Aug 4 | Hemdale | false |
| 85 | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | $13,268 | 4 | $232,981 | Sep 1 | First Run | false |
| 84 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | $15,303 | 22 | $688,329 | Jul 28 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 83 | Romero | - | - | - | $18,827 | 51 | $1,316,495 | Aug 25 | Four Square | false |
| 82 | The Music Teacher | - | - | - | $28,960 | 19 | $1,086,894 | Jul 7 | Orion Classics | false |
| 81 | Me and Him | - | - | - | $78,814 | 5 | $78,814 | Aug 4 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 80 | For Queen & Country | - | - | - | $191,051 | 33 | $191,051 | May 19 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 79 | Shirley Valentine | - | - | - | $206,952 | 8 | $6,056,912 | Sep 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 78 | Powwow Highway | - | - | - | $269,224 | 14 | $283,747 | Feb 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 77 | Crusoe | - | - | - | $303,004 | 25 | $315,421 | Mar 31 | Island Pictures | false |
| 76 | Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | - | - | - | $536,508 | 402 | $536,508 | Aug 18 | - | false |
| 75 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $587,645 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 74 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $604,444 | 7 | $624,643 | Apr 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 73 | Vampire's Kiss | - | - | - | $725,131 | 45 | $725,131 | Jun 2 | Hemdale | false |
| 72 | House III: The Horror Show | - | - | - | $774,910 | 444 | $1,738,897 | Apr 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 71 | Little Monsters | - | - | - | $793,775 | 179 | $793,775 | Aug 25 | United Artists | false |
| 70 | Wired | - | - | - | $869,000 | 745 | $1,089,000 | Aug 25 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 69 | Getting It Right | - | - | - | $960,385 | 44 | $960,385 | May 5 | - | false |
| 68 | Heart of Dixie | - | - | - | $1,097,333 | 359 | $1,097,333 | Aug 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 67 | See You in the Morning | - | - | - | $1,127,419 | 743 | $4,795,009 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 66 | Miracle Mile | - | - | - | $1,145,404 | 143 | $1,145,404 | May 19 | Hemdale | false |
| 65 | High Hopes | - | - | - | $1,150,375 | 25 | $1,192,322 | Feb 24 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 64 | Little Vera | - | - | - | $1,224,305 | 23 | $1,262,598 | Apr 14 | - | false |
| 63 | Babar: The Movie | - | - | - | $1,305,187 | 510 | $1,305,187 | Jul 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 62 | Working Girl | - | - | - | $1,486,998 | 1,149 | $63,779,477 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 61 | How I Got Into College | - | - | - | $1,642,239 | 743 | $1,642,239 | May 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 60 | Miss Firecracker | - | - | - | $1,784,921 | 211 | $1,852,655 | Apr 28 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 59 | Cookie | - | - | - | $1,869,417 | 82 | $1,869,417 | Aug 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | Loverboy | - | - | - | $1,870,536 | 1,089 | $3,960,327 | Apr 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 57 | Pelle the Conqueror | - | - | - | $1,984,452 | 42 | $2,053,931 | Dec 21 | Miramax | false |
| 56 | Relentless | - | - | - | $2,115,112 | 836 | $6,985,999 | Sep 1 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 55 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $2,156,471 | 76 | $2,156,471 | Jun 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 54 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | - | - | - | $2,359,031 | 120 | $8,083,123 | Mar 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 53 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $2,759,867 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | - | - | - | $2,948,215 | 239 | $2,948,215 | Aug 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 51 | Fright Night Part 2 | - | - | - | $2,983,784 | 161 | $2,983,784 | May 19 | New Century | false |
| 50 | Millennium | - | - | - | $3,029,021 | 488 | $5,777,099 | Aug 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 49 | Rude Awakening | - | - | - | $3,169,719 | 953 | $3,169,719 | Aug 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 48 | She's Out of Control | - | - | - | $3,239,096 | 987 | $12,065,892 | Apr 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 47 | Earth Girls Are Easy | - | - | - | $3,916,303 | 317 | $3,916,303 | May 12 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 46 | The Package | - | - | - | $4,087,699 | 460 | $10,647,219 | Aug 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Beaches | - | - | - | $4,264,774 | 1,122 | $57,041,866 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Listen to Me | - | - | - | $4,299,023 | 1,306 | $4,299,023 | May 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 43 | Twins | - | - | - | $4,405,251 | 1,659 | $111,938,388 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | Let It Ride | - | - | - | $4,973,285 | 1,191 | $4,973,285 | Aug 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 41 | UHF | - | - | - | $6,157,157 | 1,295 | $6,157,157 | Jul 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 40 | Criminal Law | - | - | - | $6,521,568 | 1,166 | $9,974,446 | Apr 28 | Hemdale | false |
| 39 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | - | - | - | $6,955,438 | 534 | $24,741,667 | Aug 4 | Miramax | false |
| 38 | Shag | - | - | - | $6,957,975 | 850 | $6,957,975 | Jul 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 37 | Scandal | - | - | - | $7,928,442 | 371 | $8,800,000 | Apr 28 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | Say Anything | - | - | - | $7,943,851 | 1,113 | $20,781,385 | Apr 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 35 | Cheetah | - | - | - | $8,153,677 | 1,321 | $8,153,677 | Aug 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Renegades | - | - | - | $9,015,164 | 1,627 | $9,015,164 | Jun 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Dream Team | - | - | - | $9,153,720 | 1,459 | $28,890,240 | Apr 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Young Einstein | - | - | - | $11,536,599 | 1,217 | $11,536,599 | Aug 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Pink Cadillac | - | - | - | $12,143,484 | 1,993 | $12,143,484 | May 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Casualties of War | - | - | - | $13,495,844 | 1,487 | $18,671,317 | Aug 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | Great Balls of Fire! | - | - | - | $13,741,060 | 1,417 | $13,741,060 | Jun 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Rain Man | - | - | - | $14,010,788 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | Dec 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | - | - | - | $14,343,976 | 1,683 | $14,343,976 | Jul 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 26 | No Holds Barred | - | - | - | $16,093,651 | 1,327 | $16,093,651 | Jun 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | Major League | - | - | - | $17,421,749 | 1,615 | $49,797,148 | Apr 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | - | - | - | $18,740,519 | 1,902 | $22,168,359 | Aug 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 23 | Lock Up | - | - | - | $22,099,847 | 1,384 | $22,099,847 | Aug 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | Do the Right Thing | - | - | - | $27,545,445 | 534 | $27,545,445 | Jun 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Peter Pan 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $29,445,131 | 1,533 | $29,445,131 | Jul 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Road House | - | - | - | $30,050,028 | 1,935 | $30,050,028 | May 19 | United Artists | false |
| 19 | Weekend at Bernie's | - | - | - | $30,218,387 | 1,139 | $30,218,387 | Jul 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Pet Sematary | - | - | - | $30,572,739 | 1,585 | $57,469,467 | Apr 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 17 | Uncle Buck | - | - | - | $32,049,716 | 1,835 | $66,758,538 | Aug 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | K-9 | - | - | - | $33,422,287 | 1,706 | $43,247,647 | Apr 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Licence to Kill | - | - | - | $34,667,015 | 1,587 | $34,667,015 | Jul 14 | United Artists | false |
| 14 | The Abyss | - | - | - | $38,897,468 | 1,538 | $54,222,310 | Aug 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 13 | The Karate Kid Part III | - | - | - | $38,956,288 | 1,569 | $38,956,288 | Jun 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil | - | - | - | $46,908,987 | 1,686 | $46,908,987 | May 12 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | - | - | - | $52,210,049 | 2,202 | $52,210,049 | Jun 9 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Turner & Hooch | - | - | - | $55,825,054 | 1,888 | $71,079,915 | Jul 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Field of Dreams | - | - | - | $61,496,183 | 1,100 | $64,431,625 | Apr 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Parenthood | - | - | - | $64,107,270 | 1,399 | $100,047,830 | Aug 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | When Harry Met Sally... | - | - | - | $65,971,942 | 1,174 | $92,823,546 | Jul 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | Dead Poets Society | - | - | - | $85,974,356 | 1,109 | $95,860,116 | Jun 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Ghostbusters II | - | - | - | $110,000,794 | 2,410 | $112,494,738 | Jun 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 4 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | - | - | - | $118,101,745 | 1,498 | $130,724,172 | Jun 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Lethal Weapon 2 | - | - | - | $129,806,118 | 1,830 | $147,253,986 | Jul 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | $188,677,915 | 2,327 | $197,171,806 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 1 | Batman | - | - | - | $238,559,567 | 2,201 | $251,188,924 | Jun 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
