| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghost | - | - | - | $121,842,426 | 1,766 | $217,631,306 | Jul 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Total Recall | - | - | - | $116,659,996 | 2,131 | $119,394,840 | Jun 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Die Hard 2 | - | - | - | $109,217,163 | 2,507 | $117,540,947 | Jul 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Dick Tracy | - | - | - | $103,738,726 | 2,332 | $103,738,726 | Jun 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Back to the Future Part III | - | - | - | $87,727,583 | 2,070 | $87,727,583 | May 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Days of Thunder | - | - | - | $82,670,733 | 2,307 | $82,670,733 | Jun 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $80,950,376 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Another 48 Hrs. | - | - | - | $80,818,974 | 2,721 | $80,818,974 | Jun 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | Bird on a Wire | - | - | - | $70,978,012 | 2,008 | $70,978,012 | May 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Presumed Innocent | - | - | - | $65,484,111 | 1,451 | $86,303,188 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Arachnophobia | - | - | - | $53,208,180 | 2,005 | $53,208,180 | Jul 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | RoboCop 2 | - | - | - | $45,681,173 | 1,806 | $45,681,173 | Jun 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Jungle Book 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | $44,645,619 | 1,923 | $44,645,619 | Jul 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Problem Child | - | - | - | $42,620,592 | 1,769 | $53,470,891 | Jul 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | - | - | - | $41,482,207 | 2,155 | $41,482,207 | Jun 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | Flatliners | - | - | - | $38,433,252 | 1,483 | $61,489,265 | Aug 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $35,818,087 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | Mar 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 18 | Young Guns II | - | - | - | $33,512,578 | 1,770 | $44,143,410 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 19 | Cadillac Man | - | - | - | $27,627,310 | 1,878 | $27,627,310 | May 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Navy Seals | - | - | - | $25,069,101 | 1,355 | $25,069,101 | Jul 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Ghost Dad | - | - | - | $24,707,633 | 1,221 | $24,707,633 | Jun 29 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 22 | Air America | - | - | - | $24,460,870 | 1,902 | $31,053,601 | Aug 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $21,873,272 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | Mar 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Freshman | - | - | - | $21,460,601 | 1,044 | $21,460,601 | Jul 20 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | - | - | - | $21,413,502 | 1,263 | $21,413,502 | Jul 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Jetsons: The Movie | - | - | - | $20,305,841 | 1,566 | $20,305,841 | Jul 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | The Exorcist III | - | - | - | $19,919,578 | 1,414 | $26,098,824 | Aug 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | Betsy's Wedding | - | - | - | $19,740,070 | 1,058 | $19,740,070 | Jun 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 29 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | - | - | - | $18,115,724 | 1,558 | $18,115,724 | Aug 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | My Blue Heaven | - | - | - | $16,947,756 | 1,868 | $23,591,472 | Aug 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 31 | Darkman | - | - | - | $16,571,190 | 1,833 | $33,878,502 | Aug 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | - | - | - | $16,324,573 | 1,535 | $16,324,573 | May 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 33 | Mo' Better Blues | - | - | - | $16,153,593 | 572 | $16,153,593 | Aug 3 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | Quick Change | - | - | - | $15,260,154 | 1,596 | $15,260,154 | Jul 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 35 | Fire Birds | - | - | - | $14,760,451 | 2,006 | $14,760,451 | May 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Taking Care of Business | - | - | - | $12,240,679 | 1,176 | $20,005,435 | Aug 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis 1990 Re-release | - | - | - | $10,351,534 | 915 | $10,351,534 | Jun 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 38 | Spaced Invaders | - | - | - | $10,043,157 | 1,845 | $15,369,573 | Apr 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Two Jakes | - | - | - | $10,005,969 | 1,206 | $10,005,969 | Aug 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $9,063,737 | 1,736 | $17,037,887 | Apr 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 41 | Wild at Heart | - | - | - | $8,355,307 | 625 | $14,560,247 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 42 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $8,288,657 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Q&A | - | - | - | $7,460,026 | 923 | $11,207,891 | Apr 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 44 | Wild Orchid | - | - | - | $7,413,843 | 822 | $11,060,485 | Apr 27 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 45 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $6,864,026 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 46 | Men at Work | - | - | - | $6,641,267 | 1,035 | $16,247,964 | Aug 24 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 47 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $5,565,631 | 1,956 | $25,029,569 | Apr 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Pump Up the Volume | - | - | - | $5,115,529 | 821 | $11,541,758 | Aug 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 49 | The Witches | - | - | - | $4,962,058 | 879 | $10,360,553 | Aug 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 50 | The First Power | - | - | - | $4,257,291 | 1,336 | $22,424,195 | Apr 6 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 51 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | - | - | - | $4,087,361 | 82 | $4,087,361 | May 4 | Miramax | false |
| 52 | Short Time | - | - | - | $4,010,647 | 574 | $4,010,647 | May 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 53 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $3,954,853 | 833 | $9,888,167 | Apr 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 54 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $3,912,219 | 187 | $4,011,793 | Feb 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 55 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | - | - | - | $3,661,594 | 909 | $6,698,361 | Aug 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 56 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $3,433,505 | 239 | $7,724,701 | Apr 6 | Miramax | false |
| 57 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $3,370,353 | 1,095 | $16,186,793 | Apr 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 58 | Longtime Companion | - | - | - | $3,305,673 | 85 | $4,609,953 | May 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 59 | Camille Claudel | - | - | - | $3,232,024 | 34 | $3,331,297 | Dec 21 | Orion Classics | false |
| 60 | Metropolitan | - | - | - | $2,938,208 | 5 | $2,938,208 | Aug 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 61 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $2,837,980 | 1,389 | $13,236,513 | Apr 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 62 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $2,468,749 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | Mar 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 63 | Class of 1999 | - | - | - | $2,459,895 | 320 | $2,459,895 | May 11 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 64 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | - | - | - | $1,730,005 | 25 | $1,730,005 | May 4 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 65 | Too Beautiful for You | - | - | - | $1,724,320 | 29 | $1,776,440 | Mar 2 | Orion Classics | false |
| 66 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | - | - | - | $1,373,728 | 150 | $1,373,728 | May 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 67 | Monsieur Hire | - | - | - | $1,368,911 | 26 | $1,417,030 | Apr 20 | Orion Classics | false |
| 68 | The Lemon Sisters | - | - | - | $1,264,744 | 598 | $3,473,905 | Aug 31 | Miramax | false |
| 69 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $902,738 | 91 | $2,415,312 | Mar 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 70 | After Dark, My Sweet | - | - | - | $581,518 | 153 | $2,678,414 | Aug 24 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 71 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | - | - | - | $377,807 | 8 | $609,939 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 72 | A Show of Force | - | - | - | $91,578 | 12 | $91,578 | May 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 73 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | - | - | - | $85,395 | 18 | $85,395 | Jul 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 74 | Def by Temptation | - | - | - | $82,582 | 57 | $2,218,579 | May 11 | Troma | false |
| 75 | Happy Together | - | - | - | $70,912 | 10 | $70,912 | May 4 | - | false |
| 76 | May Fools | - | - | - | $34,572 | 30 | $1,576,702 | Jun 22 | Orion Classics | false |
| 77 | The Icicle Thief | - | - | - | $34,192 | 22 | $1,231,622 | Aug 24 | Aries Films | false |
| 78 | Twister | - | - | - | $33,455 | 2 | $33,455 | Aug 8 | - | false |
| 79 | Jesus of Montreal | - | - | - | $26,090 | 21 | $1,601,612 | May 25 | Orion Classics | false |
| 80 | Red Surf | - | - | - | $13,136 | 6 | $13,136 | Jun 1 | Academy Entertainment | false |
| 81 | Pathfinder | - | - | - | $10,628 | 1 | $10,628 | May 11 | - | false |
| 82 | The Feud | - | - | - | $3,102 | 1 | $3,102 | May 4 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
