Domestic Box Office For 1988
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248 | State Park | $421 | - | - | - | - | Apr 22 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 247 | After School | $3,967 | - | - | - | - | Sep 23 | Sep 29 | - |
| 246 | When the Wind Blows | $5,274 | 1 | $3,597 | 68.2% | 1 | Mar 11 | Mar 17 | - |
| 245 | The Prince of Pennsylvania | $5,415 | 1 | $3,174 | 58.6% | 1 | Sep 16 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 244 | Missing Link | $6,127 | - | - | - | - | Nov 4 | Nov 17 | Universal Pictures |
| 243 | Haunted Summer | $9,911 | 1 | $4,726 | 47.7% | 1 | Dec 16 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 242 | Puss in Boots | $12,951 | - | - | - | - | Jun 10 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 241 | We Think the World of You | $20,998 | 1 | $5,465 | 26% | 1 | Dec 22 | Jan 5 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 240 | Doin' Time on Planet Earth | $29,576 | - | - | - | - | Sep 16 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 239 | The Lighthorsemen | $33,779 | 16 | $23,645 | 70% | 16 | Apr 8 | Apr 14 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 238 | A Killing Affair | $35,000 | 4 | $5,337 | 15.2% | 4 | Jul 15 | Jul 28 | Hemdale |
| 237 | Pulse | $40,397 | - | - | - | - | Mar 10 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 236 | Love at Stake | $61,789 | - | - | - | - | Apr 15 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 235 | King Lear | $61,821 | 1 | $8,756 | 14.2% | 1 | Jan 22 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 234 | Ghost Town | $75,000 | 8 | $10,478 | 14% | 8 | Nov 11 | - | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) |
| 233 | Amsterdamned | $98,003 | 5 | $14,819 | 15.1% | 5 | Nov 23 | Mar 2 | Vestron Pictures |
| 232 | The Telephone | $99,978 | 50 | $54,811 | 54.8% | 50 | Jan 22 | - | New World Pictures |
| 231 | The Kitchen Toto | $101,807 | 4 | $15,481 | 15.2% | 4 | May 13 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 230 | Consuming Passions | $118,206 | 5 | $5,373 | 4.5% | 1 | Apr 6 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 229 | The in Crowd | $136,567 | 37 | - | - | - | Feb 5 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 228 | Hanna's War | $139,796 | 35 | $60,986 | 43.6% | 35 | Nov 23 | Dec 15 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 227 | Distant Thunder | $156,188 | 31 | $82,186 | 52.6% | 31 | Nov 11 | Nov 24 | Paramount Pictures |
| 226 | Gor | $159,731 | - | - | - | - | Mar 4 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 225 | Taffin | $159,969 | 204 | $107,303 | 67.1% | 204 | Feb 26 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 224 | The Beast of War | $161,004 | - | - | - | - | Sep 16 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 223 | The Blue Iguana | $161,398 | - | - | - | - | Apr 22 | Apr 28 | Paramount Pictures |
| 222 | Pass the Ammo | $169,785 | - | - | - | - | Mar 4 | - | New Century |
| 221 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | $174,380 | 170 | $174,380 | 100% | 170 | May 6 | - | - |
| 220 | Seven Hours to Judgment | $177,820 | 73 | $66,352 | 37.3% | 73 | Sep 16 | - | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) |
| 219 | Rocket Gibraltar | $187,349 | 5 | $60,523 | 32.3% | 5 | Sep 2 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 218 | Miles from Home | $188,964 | 32 | $72,872 | 38.6% | 32 | Sep 16 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 217 | Mondo New York | $193,209 | 1 | $10,752 | 5.6% | 1 | Apr 22 | - | Fourth and Broadway |
| 216 | Eat the Rich | $200,723 | - | - | - | - | Apr 22 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 215 | Matador | $206,952 | - | - | - | - | Apr 29 | - | World Artists |
| 214 | Beatrice | $211,821 | 8 | $11,781 | 5.6% | 1 | Mar 18 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 213 | The Year My Voice Broke | $213,901 | 20 | $5,487 | 2.6% | 1 | Aug 25 | Nov 3 | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 212 | Bellman and True | $226,944 | 8 | $21,428 | 9.4% | 4 | Apr 1 | - | Island Pictures |
| 211 | Judgment in Berlin | $229,556 | 81 | $113,743 | 49.5% | 81 | May 6 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 210 | Call Me | $251,819 | - | - | - | - | May 20 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 209 | Illegally Yours | $259,019 | - | - | - | - | May 13 | - | United Artists |
| 208 | Plain Clothes | $289,323 | 193 | $222,681 | 77% | 193 | Apr 15 | Apr 21 | Paramount Pictures |
| 207 | Rent-a-Cop | $295,000 | 193 | $295,000 | 100% | 193 | Jan 15 | - | - |
| 206 | The Chocolate War | $303,624 | 11 | $14,351 | 4.7% | 2 | Nov 18 | Feb 16 | - |
| 205 | Promised Land | $316,199 | 67 | $31,401 | 9.9% | 6 | Jan 22 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 204 | World Gone Wild | $323,947 | - | - | - | - | Apr 22 | May 26 | Lorimar Motion Pictures |
| 203 | Tapeheads | $343,786 | 138 | $133,330 | 38.8% | 138 | Oct 21 | - | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 202 | It Takes Two | $344,375 | - | - | - | - | Jul 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 201 | Prison | $345,704 | 42 | $63,792 | 18.5% | 42 | May 6 | - | New World Pictures |
| 200 | The Deceivers | $346,297 | 68 | $18,245 | 5.3% | 1 | Sep 2 | Oct 13 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 199 | The Family | $346,730 | 1 | $10,590 | 3.1% | 1 | Jan 22 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 198 | Gandahar | $370,698 | 7 | $48,665 | 13.1% | 7 | Jan 29 | - | Miramax |
| 197 | The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | $373,743 | 21 | $45,008 | 12% | 21 | Jun 3 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 196 | Some Girls | $401,421 | 23 | $11,704 | 2.9% | 2 | Sep 9 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 195 | Aloha Summer | $418,379 | 123 | $259,867 | 62.1% | 123 | Feb 26 | - | - |
| 194 | Tiger Warsaw | $422,667 | - | - | - | - | Sep 23 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 193 | Track 29 | $429,028 | 13 | $19,304 | 4.5% | 2 | Sep 9 | - | Island Pictures |
| 192 | Full Moon in Blue Water | $450,726 | 56 | $212,963 | 47.2% | 56 | Nov 23 | Feb 2 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) |
| 191 | The House on Carroll Street | $459,824 | - | - | - | - | Mar 4 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 190 | Buster | $540,000 | 217 | $265,038 | 49.1% | 217 | Nov 23 | - | Hemdale |
| 189 | Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | $586,938 | - | - | - | - | Mar 18 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 188 | Powaqqatsi | $589,244 | 22 | $27,899 | 4.7% | 1 | Apr 29 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 187 | Spike of Bensonhurst | $623,112 | - | - | - | - | Nov 11 | - | - |
| 186 | Da | $644,532 | 1 | $11,085 | 1.7% | 1 | Apr 29 | - | - |
| 185 | Spellbinder | $657,446 | 326 | $657,446 | 100% | 326 | Sep 23 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 184 | Maniac Cop | $671,382 | 50 | - | - | - | May 13 | - | - |
| 183 | Split Decisions | $695,822 | 405 | $423,303 | 60.8% | 405 | Nov 11 | - | New Century |
| 182 | And God Created Woman | $717,376 | 385 | $393,647 | 54.9% | 385 | Mar 4 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 181 | Sister, Sister | $743,445 | - | - | - | - | Feb 5 | - | New World Pictures |
| 180 | Bulletproof | $807,947 | 268 | $421,302 | 52.1% | 268 | May 13 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 179 | Waxwork | $808,114 | - | - | - | - | Jun 17 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 178 | Boyfriends and Girlfriends | $823,243 | - | - | - | - | Jul 15 | Feb 23 | Orion Classics |
| 177 | Julia and Julia | $901,364 | - | - | - | - | Feb 5 | - | Cinecom Pictures |
| 176 | Watchers | $940,173 | 161 | $260,820 | 27.7% | 161 | Dec 2 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 175 | Appointment with Death | $960,040 | 465 | $603,650 | 62.9% | 465 | Apr 15 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 174 | Five Corners | $969,205 | 13 | $78,602 | 8.1% | 12 | Jan 22 | - | - |
| 173 | Little Dorrit | $1,025,228 | - | - | - | - | Oct 21 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 172 | Aria | $1,028,679 | 34 | $7,580 | 0.7% | 1 | Mar 18 | Aug 11 | Miramax |
| 171 | The Wrong Guys | $1,152,786 | - | - | - | - | May 13 | - | New World Pictures |
| 170 | The Lair of the White Worm | $1,189,315 | 32 | $22,155 | 1.9% | 2 | Oct 21 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 169 | The Thin Blue Line | $1,209,846 | 23 | $17,814 | 1.5% | 1 | Aug 26 | Feb 2 | Miramax |
| 168 | A Time of Destiny | $1,212,487 | 220 | $509,397 | 42% | 216 | Apr 22 | Jun 23 | Columbia Pictures |
| 167 | Mr. North | $1,221,366 | 29 | $37,036 | 3% | 2 | Jul 22 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 166 | Patty Hearst | $1,223,326 | 460 | $601,680 | 49.2% | 460 | Sep 23 | Nov 17 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 165 | Midnight Crossing | $1,328,001 | - | - | - | - | May 13 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 164 | Pascali's Island | $1,451,857 | 55 | $24,979 | 1.7% | 1 | Jul 22 | - | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 163 | Two Moon Junction | $1,547,397 | 458 | $558,908 | 36.1% | 458 | Apr 29 | - | Lorimar Motion Pictures |
| 162 | A Handful of Dust | $1,560,700 | 29 | $35,470 | 2.3% | 1 | Jun 24 | Nov 24 | New Line Cinema |
| 161 | Another Woman | $1,562,749 | 24 | $75,196 | 4.8% | 4 | Oct 14 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 160 | Vincent | $1,577,480 | 16 | $4,632 | 0.3% | 1 | Aug 19 | - | Roxie Releasing |
| 159 | Lady in White | $1,705,139 | 107 | $282,652 | 16.6% | 90 | Apr 22 | - | New Century |
| 158 | Little Nikita | $1,733,070 | 376 | $866,398 | 50% | 376 | Mar 18 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 157 | Stormy Monday | $1,791,328 | 49 | $44,734 | 2.5% | 2 | Apr 22 | Nov 17 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 156 | Vibes | $1,883,811 | 1,003 | $916,482 | 48.7% | 1,003 | Aug 5 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 155 | The Moderns | $2,011,497 | 28 | $20,283 | 1% | 1 | Apr 15 | - | Alive Films |
| 154 | Pelle the Conqueror | $2,053,931 | 42 | $45,985 | 2.2% | 10 | Dec 21 | May 18 | Miramax |
| 153 | Salaam Bombay! | $2,080,046 | 27 | - | - | - | Oct 7 | May 11 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 152 | Bird | $2,181,286 | 93 | $27,116 | 1.2% | 1 | Sep 30 | Feb 23 | Warner Bros. |
| 151 | A World Apart | $2,326,860 | 42 | $20,815 | 0.9% | 1 | Jun 17 | Feb 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 150 | Kansas | $2,432,536 | 847 | $1,274,742 | 52.4% | 847 | Sep 23 | Oct 6 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) |
| 149 | 18 Again! | $2,567,099 | 1,152 | $1,475,645 | 57.5% | 1,152 | Apr 8 | - | New World Pictures |
| 148 | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | $2,757,256 | 49 | $87,850 | 3.2% | 5 | Feb 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 147 | Running on Empty | $2,835,116 | 238 | $215,157 | 7.6% | 22 | Sep 9 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 146 | Messenger of Death | $3,074,681 | 450 | $1,035,279 | 33.7% | 450 | Sep 16 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 145 | Dominick and Eugene | $3,076,031 | 76 | $280,763 | 9.1% | 61 | Mar 18 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 144 | White Mischief | $3,107,551 | 87 | $24,538 | 0.8% | 1 | Apr 22 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 143 | Night of the Demons | $3,109,904 | - | - | - | - | Oct 14 | - | - |
| 142 | Wings of Desire | $3,210,139 | 29 | $17,301 | 0.5% | 1 | Apr 29 | May 11 | Orion Classics |
| 141 | Pumpkinhead | $3,385,516 | 353 | $686,567 | 20.3% | 351 | Oct 14 | - | United Artists |
| 140 | Talk Radio | $3,468,572 | 653 | $80,547 | 2.3% | 6 | Dec 23 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 139 | The Big Blue | $3,500,000 | 967 | $1,617,462 | 46.2% | 967 | Aug 19 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 138 | Things Change | $3,527,886 | 99 | $600,809 | 17% | 99 | Oct 21 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 137 | Madame Sousatzka | $3,548,238 | 123 | $172,740 | 4.9% | 20 | Oct 14 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 136 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | $3,569,939 | 844 | $933,462 | 26.1% | 844 | Jul 29 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 135 | Tougher Than Leather | $3,582,760 | 130 | $748,193 | 20.9% | 130 | Sep 16 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 134 | Bagdad Cafe | $3,587,303 | - | - | - | - | Apr 22 | - | Island Pictures |
| 133 | Dead Heat | $3,588,626 | 1,012 | $1,667,036 | 46.5% | 1,012 | May 6 | - | New World Pictures |
| 132 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,753,977 | 561 | $1,412,213 | 37.6% | 561 | Oct 7 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 131 | Sweet Hearts Dance | $3,790,493 | 246 | $1,116,902 | 29.5% | 246 | Sep 23 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 130 | Critters 2: The Main Course | $3,813,293 | 1,114 | $1,898,751 | 49.8% | 1,114 | Apr 29 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 129 | Feds | $3,838,793 | 850 | $1,388,317 | 36.2% | 850 | Oct 28 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 128 | Memories of Me | $3,965,604 | 723 | $1,388,123 | 35% | 723 | Sep 30 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 127 | Bat*21 | $3,966,256 | 516 | $982,080 | 24.8% | 248 | Oct 21 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 126 | Babette's Feast | $4,398,938 | - | - | - | - | Mar 4 | - | Orion Classics |
| 125 | Goodbye, Children | $4,542,825 | - | - | - | - | Feb 12 | - | Orion Classics |
| 124 | Sunset | $4,594,452 | 1,024 | $2,031,678 | 44.2% | 1,023 | Apr 29 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 123 | The Good Mother | $4,764,606 | 670 | $1,804,288 | 37.9% | 667 | Nov 4 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 122 | Torch Song Trilogy | $4,865,997 | 135 | $70,022 | 1.4% | 6 | Dec 16 | Jun 1 | New Line Cinema |
| 121 | Clara's Heart | $5,194,491 | 315 | $588,869 | 11.3% | 74 | Oct 7 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 120 | Hero and the Terror | $5,301,200 | 995 | $1,840,487 | 34.7% | 995 | Aug 26 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 119 | Monkey Shines | $5,344,577 | 1,181 | $1,902,024 | 35.6% | 1,181 | Jul 29 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 118 | Heartbreak Hotel | $5,509,417 | 1,414 | $2,063,546 | 37.5% | 1,338 | Sep 30 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 117 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $5,596,267 | 627 | $1,660,041 | 29.7% | 627 | Sep 30 | - | New World Pictures |
| 116 | Eight Men Out | $5,680,515 | 349 | $1,129,491 | 19.9% | 147 | Sep 2 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 115 | The Rescue | $5,855,392 | 1,275 | $2,194,037 | 37.5% | 1,275 | Aug 5 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 114 | 1969 | $5,979,011 | 520 | $1,709,120 | 28.6% | 520 | Nov 18 | - | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
| 113 | Braddock: Missing in Action III | $6,193,901 | 1,040 | $2,208,116 | 35.6% | 1,040 | Jan 22 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 112 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | $6,264,058 | 882 | $2,737,106 | 43.7% | 881 | Feb 26 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 111 | The Unholy | $6,337,299 | 1,189 | $2,353,452 | 37.1% | 1,189 | Apr 22 | - | Vestron Pictures |
| 110 | Mac and Me | $6,424,112 | 1,317 | $2,061,464 | 32.1% | 1,314 | Aug 12 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 109 | Hot to Trot | $6,436,211 | 1,157 | $2,206,218 | 34.3% | 1,156 | Aug 26 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 108 | Fresh Horses | $6,640,346 | 1,276 | $3,074,292 | 46.3% | 1,272 | Nov 18 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 107 | Hairspray | $6,671,108 | 227 | $577,287 | 8.7% | 79 | Feb 26 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 106 | A Cry in the Dark | $6,908,797 | 334 | $1,561,793 | 22.6% | 334 | Nov 11 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 105 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | $7,179,298 | - | - | - | - | Nov 11 | - | Orion Classics |
| 104 | Off Limits | $7,242,035 | 1,371 | $2,796,111 | 38.6% | 1,366 | Mar 11 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 103 | Phantasm II | $7,282,851 | 1,227 | $3,012,285 | 41.4% | 1,227 | Jul 8 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 102 | Stealing Home | $7,467,504 | 985 | $2,346,864 | 31.4% | 984 | Aug 26 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 101 | A New Life | $7,721,852 | 796 | $2,505,092 | 32.4% | 796 | Mar 25 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 100 | Dead Ringers | $8,038,508 | 1,048 | $3,012,180 | 37.5% | 1,042 | Sep 23 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 99 | The Blob | $8,247,943 | 1,081 | $2,644,920 | 32.1% | 1,081 | Aug 5 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 98 | Satisfaction | $8,253,123 | 1,018 | $2,779,275 | 33.7% | 1,015 | Feb 12 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 97 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $8,373,585 | 123 | $401,211 | 4.8% | 9 | Aug 12 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 96 | Without a Clue | $8,539,181 | 491 | $1,246,772 | 14.6% | 280 | Oct 21 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 95 | High Spirits | $8,578,231 | 826 | $3,308,250 | 38.6% | 825 | Nov 18 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 94 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $8,600,823 | 1,391 | $3,821,351 | 44.4% | 1,391 | Nov 4 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 93 | Clean and Sober | $8,674,093 | 675 | $2,205,628 | 25.4% | 673 | Aug 12 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 92 | Salsa | $8,892,589 | 1,125 | $2,627,533 | 29.5% | 1,125 | May 6 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 91 | Switching Channels | $9,129,999 | 971 | $3,121,752 | 34.2% | 971 | Mar 4 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 90 | Return of the Living Dead II | $9,205,924 | 1,467 | $3,647,254 | 39.6% | 1,467 | Jan 15 | - | Lorimar Motion Pictures |
| 89 | Bad Dreams | $9,797,098 | 1,185 | $4,008,870 | 40.9% | 1,180 | Apr 8 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 88 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $10,006,806 | 140 | $202,189 | 2% | 13 | Feb 5 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 87 | Shakedown | $10,068,039 | 1,580 | $3,017,800 | 30% | 1,580 | May 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 86 | Iron Eagle II | $10,497,324 | 878 | $3,530,016 | 33.6% | 874 | Nov 11 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 85 | Moving | $10,815,378 | 1,404 | $4,022,782 | 37.2% | 1,404 | Mar 4 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 84 | The Couch Trip | $11,005,304 | 1,332 | $3,351,891 | 30.5% | 1,332 | Jan 15 | - | Lorimar Motion Pictures |
| 83 | Moon Over Parador | $11,444,204 | 1,145 | $3,268,975 | 28.6% | 1,145 | Sep 9 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 82 | Caddyshack II | $11,798,302 | 1,556 | $4,436,330 | 37.6% | 1,556 | Jul 22 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 81 | Bloodsport | $11,806,119 | 124 | $515,721 | 4.4% | 123 | Feb 26 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 80 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $12,090,735 | 1,187 | $3,185,511 | 26.3% | 1,180 | Dec 23 | - | New World Pictures |
| 79 | Casual Sex? | $12,277,096 | 1,265 | $3,840,032 | 31.3% | 1,264 | Apr 22 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 78 | Everybody's All-American | $12,638,294 | 1,123 | $3,425,796 | 27.1% | 1,122 | Nov 4 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 77 | D.O.A. | $12,706,478 | 908 | $3,751,432 | 29.5% | 875 | Mar 18 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 76 | Mystic Pizza | $12,793,213 | 440 | $1,163,939 | 9.1% | 401 | Oct 21 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 75 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $13,030,057 | 266 | $543,588 | 4.2% | 135 | Dec 16 | - | United Artists |
| 74 | They Live | $13,447,978 | 1,463 | $4,827,903 | 35.9% | 1,463 | Nov 4 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 73 | Vice Versa | $13,664,060 | 1,225 | $4,050,779 | 29.6% | 1,225 | Mar 11 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 72 | Return to Snowy River | $13,687,027 | 1,121 | $3,023,248 | 22.1% | 1,121 | Apr 15 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 71 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $13,825,794 | 437 | $47,271 | 0.3% | 3 | Mar 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 70 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $13,854,000 | 1,148 | $2,066,980 | 14.9% | 1,106 | Dec 9 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 69 | Stand and Deliver | $13,994,920 | 472 | $411,884 | 2.9% | 30 | Mar 11 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | Poltergeist III | $14,114,488 | 1,471 | $4,344,308 | 30.8% | 1,471 | Jun 10 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 67 | School Daze | $14,545,844 | 224 | $1,802,656 | 12.4% | 220 | Feb 12 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 66 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | $14,681,192 | 1,426 | $5,150,962 | 35.1% | 1,426 | Jul 8 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 65 | Big Top Pee-wee | $15,122,324 | 1,256 | $4,625,004 | 30.6% | 1,256 | Jul 22 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 64 | Masquerade | $15,855,828 | 1,031 | $3,500,259 | 22.1% | 1,030 | Mar 11 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 63 | She's Having a Baby | $16,031,707 | 1,133 | $3,827,520 | 23.9% | 925 | Feb 5 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 62 | Bright Lights, Big City | $16,118,077 | 1,199 | $5,126,791 | 31.8% | 1,196 | Apr 1 | - | United Artists |
| 61 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,415 | 303 | $46,711 | 0.3% | 1 | Aug 26 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | For Keeps? | $17,514,553 | 959 | $4,839,790 | 27.6% | 922 | Jan 15 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 59 | Johnny Be Good | $17,550,399 | 1,194 | $5,249,388 | 29.9% | 1,168 | Mar 25 | - | Orion Pictures |
| 58 | Frantic | $17,637,950 | 1,101 | $4,359,424 | 24.7% | 1,101 | Feb 26 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $17,768,757 | 1,692 | $6,831,250 | 38.4% | 1,679 | Oct 21 | - | - |
| 56 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | 868 | $2,037,938 | 10.8% | 350 | Apr 8 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | The Seventh Sign | $18,875,011 | 1,258 | $3,768,707 | 20% | 1,256 | Apr 1 | - | TriStar Pictures |
| 54 | Cocoon: The Return | $18,924,919 | 997 | $5,568,143 | 29.4% | 986 | Nov 23 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 53 | Friday the 13th: The New Blood | $19,170,001 | 1,796 | $8,245,038 | 43% | 1,796 | May 13 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 52 | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach | $19,510,371 | 1,700 | $6,106,661 | 31.3% | 1,700 | Mar 18 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 51 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $19,595,031 | 1,431 | $5,848,700 | 29.8% | 1,430 | Feb 5 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 50 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,652,638 | 720 | $3,709,562 | 18.9% | 720 | Aug 12 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 49 | Action Jackson | $20,256,975 | 1,249 | $5,424,783 | 26.8% | 1,249 | Feb 12 | - | Lorimar Motion Pictures |
