| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 239 | When the Wind Blows | - | - | - | $5,274 | 1 | $5,274 | Mar 11 | - | false |
| 238 | The Prince of Pennsylvania | - | - | - | $5,415 | 1 | $5,415 | Sep 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 237 | Vincent | - | - | - | $7,846 | 16 | $1,577,480 | Aug 19 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 236 | Haunted Summer | - | - | - | $9,911 | 1 | $9,911 | Dec 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 235 | The Chocolate War | - | - | - | $14,351 | 11 | $303,624 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 234 | Some Girls | - | - | - | $17,430 | 23 | $401,421 | Sep 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 233 | We Think the World of You | - | - | - | $20,998 | 1 | $20,998 | Dec 22 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 232 | The Lighthorsemen | - | - | - | $33,779 | 16 | $33,779 | Apr 8 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 231 | A Killing Affair | - | - | - | $35,000 | 4 | $35,000 | Jul 15 | Hemdale | false |
| 230 | Bird | - | - | - | $42,800 | 93 | $2,181,286 | Sep 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 229 | King Lear | - | - | - | $61,821 | 1 | $61,821 | Jan 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 228 | Pelle the Conqueror | - | - | - | $69,479 | 42 | $2,053,931 | Dec 21 | Miramax | false |
| 227 | Ghost Town | - | - | - | $75,000 | 8 | $75,000 | Nov 11 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 226 | Amsterdamned | - | - | - | $98,003 | 5 | $98,003 | Nov 23 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 225 | The Telephone | - | - | - | $99,978 | 50 | $99,978 | Jan 22 | New World Pictures | false |
| 224 | The Kitchen Toto | - | - | - | $101,807 | 4 | $101,807 | May 13 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 223 | Another Woman | - | - | - | $115,962 | 24 | $1,562,749 | Oct 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 222 | Consuming Passions | - | - | - | $118,206 | 5 | $118,206 | Apr 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 221 | Torch Song Trilogy | - | - | - | $132,733 | 135 | $4,865,997 | Dec 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 220 | The in Crowd | - | - | - | $136,567 | 37 | $136,567 | Feb 5 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 219 | Hanna's War | - | - | - | $139,796 | 35 | $139,796 | Nov 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 218 | Distant Thunder | - | - | - | $156,188 | 31 | $156,188 | Nov 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 217 | Taffin | - | - | - | $159,969 | 204 | $159,969 | Feb 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 216 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | - | - | - | $174,380 | 170 | $174,380 | May 6 | - | false |
| 215 | Seven Hours to Judgment | - | - | - | $177,820 | 73 | $177,820 | Sep 16 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 214 | Rocket Gibraltar | - | - | - | $187,349 | 5 | $187,349 | Sep 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 213 | Miles from Home | - | - | - | $188,964 | 32 | $188,964 | Sep 16 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 212 | Mondo New York | - | - | - | $193,209 | 1 | $193,209 | Apr 22 | Fourth and Broadway | false |
| 211 | Talk Radio | - | - | - | $211,033 | 653 | $3,468,572 | Dec 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 210 | Beatrice | - | - | - | $211,821 | 8 | $211,821 | Mar 18 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 209 | The Year My Voice Broke | - | - | - | $213,901 | 20 | $213,901 | Aug 25 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 208 | Bellman and True | - | - | - | $226,944 | 8 | $226,944 | Apr 1 | Island Pictures | false |
| 207 | Judgment in Berlin | - | - | - | $229,556 | 81 | $229,556 | May 6 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 206 | The Accidental Tourist | - | - | - | $246,934 | 954 | $32,632,093 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 205 | Plain Clothes | - | - | - | $289,323 | 193 | $289,323 | Apr 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 204 | Rent-a-Cop | - | - | - | $295,000 | 193 | $295,000 | Jan 15 | - | false |
| 203 | Promised Land | - | - | - | $316,199 | 67 | $316,199 | Jan 22 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 202 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $330,048 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 201 | Tapeheads | - | - | - | $343,786 | 138 | $343,786 | Oct 21 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 200 | Prison | - | - | - | $345,704 | 42 | $345,704 | May 6 | New World Pictures | false |
| 199 | The Deceivers | - | - | - | $346,297 | 68 | $346,297 | Sep 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 198 | The Family | - | - | - | $346,730 | 1 | $346,730 | Jan 22 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 197 | Gandahar | - | - | - | $370,698 | 7 | $370,698 | Jan 29 | Miramax | false |
| 196 | The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | - | - | - | $373,743 | 21 | $373,743 | Jun 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 195 | Aloha Summer | - | - | - | $418,379 | 123 | $418,379 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 194 | Track 29 | - | - | - | $429,028 | 13 | $429,028 | Sep 9 | Island Pictures | false |
| 193 | Full Moon in Blue Water | - | - | - | $450,726 | 56 | $450,726 | Nov 23 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 192 | Beaches | - | - | - | $453,250 | 1,122 | $57,041,866 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 191 | Buster | - | - | - | $540,000 | 217 | $540,000 | Nov 23 | Hemdale | false |
| 190 | Powaqqatsi | - | - | - | $589,244 | 22 | $589,244 | Apr 29 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 189 | Da | - | - | - | $644,532 | 1 | $644,532 | Apr 29 | - | false |
| 188 | Spellbinder | - | - | - | $657,446 | 326 | $657,446 | Sep 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 187 | Maniac Cop | - | - | - | $671,382 | 50 | $671,382 | May 13 | - | false |
| 186 | Split Decisions | - | - | - | $695,822 | 405 | $695,822 | Nov 11 | New Century | false |
| 185 | Siesta | - | - | - | $700,000 | 30 | $700,000 | Nov 11 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 184 | And God Created Woman | - | - | - | $717,376 | 385 | $717,376 | Mar 4 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 183 | Leonard Part 6 | - | - | - | $723,595 | 1,149 | $4,615,255 | Dec 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 182 | Bulletproof | - | - | - | $807,947 | 268 | $807,947 | May 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 181 | Watchers | - | - | - | $940,173 | 161 | $940,173 | Dec 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 180 | Appointment with Death | - | - | - | $960,040 | 465 | $960,040 | Apr 15 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 179 | Five Corners | - | - | - | $969,205 | 13 | $969,205 | Jan 22 | - | false |
| 178 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $1,003,369 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 177 | Aria | - | - | - | $1,028,679 | 34 | $1,028,679 | Mar 18 | Miramax | false |
| 176 | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | - | - | - | $1,141,028 | 15 | $1,196,336 | Oct 30 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 175 | The Lair of the White Worm | - | - | - | $1,189,315 | 32 | $1,189,315 | Oct 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 174 | The Thin Blue Line | - | - | - | $1,209,846 | 23 | $1,209,846 | Aug 26 | Miramax | false |
| 173 | A Time of Destiny | - | - | - | $1,212,487 | 220 | $1,212,487 | Apr 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 172 | Mr. North | - | - | - | $1,221,366 | 29 | $1,221,366 | Jul 22 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 171 | Patty Hearst | - | - | - | $1,223,326 | 460 | $1,223,326 | Sep 23 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 170 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | - | - | - | $1,368,651 | 27 | $1,408,491 | Sep 11 | Miramax | false |
| 169 | Pascali's Island | - | - | - | $1,451,857 | 55 | $1,451,857 | Jul 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 168 | Two Moon Junction | - | - | - | $1,547,397 | 458 | $1,547,397 | Apr 29 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 167 | A Handful of Dust | - | - | - | $1,560,700 | 29 | $1,560,700 | Jun 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 166 | Lady in White | - | - | - | $1,705,139 | 107 | $1,705,139 | Apr 22 | New Century | false |
| 165 | Little Nikita | - | - | - | $1,733,070 | 376 | $1,733,070 | Mar 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 164 | Stormy Monday | - | - | - | $1,791,328 | 49 | $1,791,328 | Apr 22 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 163 | Vibes | - | - | - | $1,883,811 | 1,003 | $1,883,811 | Aug 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 162 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | - | - | - | $2,007,044 | 266 | $13,030,057 | Dec 16 | United Artists | false |
| 161 | The Moderns | - | - | - | $2,011,497 | 28 | $2,011,497 | Apr 15 | Alive Films | false |
| 160 | Salaam Bombay! | - | - | - | $2,080,046 | 27 | $2,080,046 | Oct 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 159 | A World Apart | - | - | - | $2,326,860 | 42 | $2,326,860 | Jun 17 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 158 | Kansas | - | - | - | $2,432,536 | 847 | $2,432,536 | Sep 23 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 157 | 18 Again! | - | - | - | $2,567,099 | 1,152 | $2,567,099 | Apr 8 | New World Pictures | false |
| 156 | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,757,256 | 49 | $2,757,256 | Feb 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 155 | Running on Empty | - | - | - | $2,835,116 | 238 | $2,835,116 | Sep 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 154 | Cry Freedom | - | - | - | $2,923,670 | 479 | $5,899,797 | Nov 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 153 | Messenger of Death | - | - | - | $3,074,681 | 450 | $3,074,681 | Sep 16 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 152 | Dominick and Eugene | - | - | - | $3,076,031 | 76 | $3,076,031 | Mar 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 151 | White Mischief | - | - | - | $3,107,551 | 87 | $3,107,551 | Apr 22 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 150 | Wings of Desire | - | - | - | $3,210,139 | 29 | $3,210,139 | Apr 29 | Orion Classics | false |
| 149 | The Running Man | - | - | - | $3,242,838 | 1,694 | $38,122,105 | Nov 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 148 | Pumpkinhead | - | - | - | $3,385,516 | 353 | $3,385,516 | Oct 14 | United Artists | false |
| 147 | The Big Blue | - | - | - | $3,500,000 | 967 | $3,500,000 | Aug 19 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 146 | Things Change | - | - | - | $3,527,886 | 99 | $3,527,886 | Oct 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 145 | Madame Sousatzka | - | - | - | $3,548,238 | 123 | $3,548,238 | Oct 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 144 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | - | - | - | $3,569,939 | 844 | $3,569,939 | Jul 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 143 | Tougher Than Leather | - | - | - | $3,582,760 | 130 | $3,582,760 | Sep 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 142 | Memories of Me | - | - | - | $3,583,303 | 723 | $3,965,604 | Sep 30 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 141 | Dead Heat | - | - | - | $3,588,626 | 1,012 | $3,588,626 | May 6 | New World Pictures | false |
| 140 | Imagine: John Lennon | - | - | - | $3,753,977 | 561 | $3,753,977 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 139 | Sweet Hearts Dance | - | - | - | $3,790,493 | 246 | $3,790,493 | Sep 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 138 | Critters 2: The Main Course | - | - | - | $3,813,293 | 1,114 | $3,813,293 | Apr 29 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 137 | Feds | - | - | - | $3,838,793 | 850 | $3,838,793 | Oct 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 136 | Bat*21 | - | - | - | $3,966,256 | 516 | $3,966,256 | Oct 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 135 | Sunset | - | - | - | $4,594,452 | 1,024 | $4,594,452 | Apr 29 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 134 | The Good Mother | - | - | - | $4,764,606 | 670 | $4,764,606 | Nov 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 133 | Clara's Heart | - | - | - | $5,194,491 | 315 | $5,194,491 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 132 | Hero and the Terror | - | - | - | $5,301,200 | 995 | $5,301,200 | Aug 26 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 131 | Monkey Shines | - | - | - | $5,344,577 | 1,181 | $5,344,577 | Jul 29 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 130 | Heartbreak Hotel | - | - | - | $5,509,417 | 1,414 | $5,509,417 | Sep 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 129 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | - | - | - | $5,596,267 | 627 | $5,596,267 | Sep 30 | New World Pictures | false |
| 128 | Eight Men Out | - | - | - | $5,680,515 | 349 | $5,680,515 | Sep 2 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 127 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | - | - | - | $5,755,305 | 1,187 | $12,090,735 | Dec 23 | New World Pictures | false |
| 126 | The Rescue | - | - | - | $5,855,392 | 1,275 | $5,855,392 | Aug 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 125 | 1969 | - | - | - | $5,979,011 | 520 | $5,979,011 | Nov 18 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 124 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,989,042 | 1,657 | $34,101,149 | Nov 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 123 | Braddock: Missing in Action III | - | - | - | $6,193,901 | 1,040 | $6,193,901 | Jan 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 122 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | - | - | - | $6,264,058 | 882 | $6,264,058 | Feb 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 121 | The Unholy | - | - | - | $6,337,299 | 1,189 | $6,337,299 | Apr 22 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 120 | Mac and Me | - | - | - | $6,424,112 | 1,317 | $6,424,112 | Aug 12 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 119 | Hot to Trot | - | - | - | $6,436,211 | 1,157 | $6,436,211 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 118 | Ironweed | - | - | - | $6,565,846 | 600 | $7,393,346 | Dec 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 117 | Fresh Horses | - | - | - | $6,640,346 | 1,276 | $6,640,346 | Nov 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 116 | Hairspray | - | - | - | $6,671,108 | 227 | $6,671,108 | Feb 26 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 115 | A Cry in the Dark | - | - | - | $6,908,797 | 334 | $6,908,797 | Nov 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 114 | Off Limits | - | - | - | $7,242,035 | 1,371 | $7,242,035 | Mar 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 113 | Phantasm II | - | - | - | $7,282,851 | 1,227 | $7,282,851 | Jul 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 112 | Stealing Home | - | - | - | $7,467,504 | 985 | $7,467,504 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 111 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | - | - | - | $7,558,387 | 1,148 | $13,854,000 | Dec 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 110 | A New Life | - | - | - | $7,721,852 | 796 | $7,721,852 | Mar 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 109 | Dead Ringers | - | - | - | $8,038,508 | 1,048 | $8,038,508 | Sep 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 108 | Nuts | - | - | - | $8,152,024 | 1,112 | $30,950,002 | Nov 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 107 | The Blob | - | - | - | $8,247,943 | 1,081 | $8,247,943 | Aug 5 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 106 | Satisfaction | - | - | - | $8,253,123 | 1,018 | $8,253,123 | Feb 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 105 | The Last Temptation of Christ | - | - | - | $8,373,585 | 123 | $8,373,585 | Aug 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 104 | Dirty Dancing | - | - | - | $8,427,264 | 1,012 | $63,446,382 | Aug 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 103 | Without a Clue | - | - | - | $8,539,181 | 491 | $8,539,181 | Oct 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 102 | High Spirits | - | - | - | $8,578,231 | 826 | $8,578,231 | Nov 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 101 | U2: Rattle and Hum | - | - | - | $8,600,823 | 1,391 | $8,600,823 | Nov 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 100 | Clean and Sober | - | - | - | $8,674,093 | 675 | $8,674,093 | Aug 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 99 | Salsa | - | - | - | $8,892,589 | 1,125 | $8,892,589 | May 6 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 98 | Switching Channels | - | - | - | $9,129,999 | 971 | $9,129,999 | Mar 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 97 | Return of the Living Dead II | - | - | - | $9,205,924 | 1,467 | $9,205,924 | Jan 15 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 96 | Bad Dreams | - | - | - | $9,797,098 | 1,185 | $9,797,098 | Apr 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 95 | Hope and Glory | - | - | - | $9,982,827 | 328 | $10,021,120 | Oct 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 94 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | - | - | - | $10,006,806 | 140 | $10,006,806 | Feb 5 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 93 | Shakedown | - | - | - | $10,068,039 | 1,580 | $10,068,039 | May 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 92 | Iron Eagle II | - | - | - | $10,497,324 | 878 | $10,497,324 | Nov 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 91 | Moving | - | - | - | $10,815,378 | 1,404 | $10,815,378 | Mar 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 90 | The Couch Trip | - | - | - | $11,005,304 | 1,332 | $11,005,304 | Jan 15 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 89 | Moon Over Parador | - | - | - | $11,444,204 | 1,145 | $11,444,204 | Sep 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 88 | Caddyshack II | - | - | - | $11,798,302 | 1,556 | $11,798,302 | Jul 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 87 | Bloodsport | - | - | - | $11,806,119 | 124 | $11,806,119 | Feb 26 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 86 | Working Girl | - | - | - | $11,956,349 | 1,149 | $63,779,477 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 85 | Casual Sex? | - | - | - | $12,277,096 | 1,265 | $12,277,096 | Apr 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 84 | Everybody's All-American | - | - | - | $12,638,294 | 1,123 | $12,638,294 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 83 | D.O.A. | - | - | - | $12,706,478 | 908 | $12,706,478 | Mar 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 82 | Mystic Pizza | - | - | - | $12,793,213 | 440 | $12,793,213 | Oct 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 81 | They Live | - | - | - | $13,008,928 | 1,463 | $13,447,978 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 80 | Empire of the Sun | - | - | - | $13,444,114 | 673 | $22,238,696 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 79 | Vice Versa | - | - | - | $13,664,060 | 1,225 | $13,664,060 | Mar 11 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 78 | Return to Snowy River | - | - | - | $13,687,027 | 1,121 | $13,687,027 | Apr 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 77 | The Milagro Beanfield War | - | - | - | $13,825,794 | 437 | $13,825,794 | Mar 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 76 | Stand and Deliver | - | - | - | $13,994,920 | 472 | $13,994,920 | Mar 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 75 | Poltergeist III | - | - | - | $14,114,488 | 1,471 | $14,114,488 | Jun 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 74 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | - | - | - | $14,481,131 | 1,684 | $49,530,280 | Nov 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 73 | School Daze | - | - | - | $14,545,844 | 224 | $14,545,844 | Feb 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 72 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | - | - | - | $14,681,192 | 1,426 | $14,681,192 | Jul 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | Big Top Pee-wee | - | - | - | $15,122,324 | 1,256 | $15,122,324 | Jul 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 70 | Cocoon: The Return | - | - | - | $15,148,719 | 997 | $18,924,919 | Nov 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 69 | Masquerade | - | - | - | $15,855,828 | 1,031 | $15,855,828 | Mar 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 68 | She's Having a Baby | - | - | - | $16,031,707 | 1,133 | $16,031,707 | Feb 5 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 67 | Bright Lights, Big City | - | - | - | $16,118,077 | 1,199 | $16,118,077 | Apr 1 | United Artists | false |
| 66 | Crossing Delancey | - | - | - | $16,262,415 | 303 | $16,262,415 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 65 | Overboard | - | - | - | $17,297,290 | 1,135 | $26,713,187 | Dec 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 64 | For Keeps? | - | - | - | $17,514,553 | 959 | $17,514,553 | Jan 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 63 | Johnny Be Good | - | - | - | $17,550,399 | 1,194 | $17,550,399 | Mar 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 62 | Frantic | - | - | - | $17,637,950 | 1,101 | $17,637,950 | Feb 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 61 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | - | - | - | $17,768,757 | 1,692 | $17,768,757 | Oct 21 | - | false |
| 60 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | - | - | - | $18,026,148 | 1,515 | $42,039,085 | Dec 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 59 | *batteries not included | - | - | - | $18,283,077 | 1,367 | $32,945,797 | Dec 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 58 | Above the Law | - | - | - | $18,869,631 | 868 | $18,869,631 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 57 | The Seventh Sign | - | - | - | $18,875,011 | 1,258 | $18,875,011 | Apr 1 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 56 | Friday the 13th: The New Blood | - | - | - | $19,170,001 | 1,796 | $19,170,001 | May 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 55 | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach | - | - | - | $19,510,371 | 1,700 | $19,510,371 | Mar 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 54 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | - | - | - | $19,595,031 | 1,431 | $19,595,031 | Feb 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 53 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | - | - | - | $19,652,638 | 720 | $19,652,638 | Aug 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 52 | Action Jackson | - | - | - | $20,256,975 | 1,249 | $20,256,975 | Feb 12 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 51 | The Presidio | - | - | - | $20,324,096 | 1,168 | $20,324,096 | Jun 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 50 | Punchline | - | - | - | $21,042,667 | 917 | $21,042,667 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 49 | Married to the Mob | - | - | - | $21,486,757 | 828 | $21,486,757 | Aug 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 48 | Short Circuit 2 | - | - | - | $21,630,088 | 1,348 | $21,630,088 | Jul 8 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 47 | License to Drive | - | - | - | $22,433,275 | 1,225 | $22,433,275 | Jul 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 46 | The Fox and the Hound 1988 Re-release | - | - | - | $23,556,988 | 1,567 | $23,556,988 | Mar 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | - | - | - | $23,564,936 | 1,494 | $50,504,655 | Dec 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 44 | Gorillas in the Mist | - | - | - | $24,720,479 | 1,085 | $24,720,479 | Sep 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 43 | Alien Nation | - | - | - | $25,216,243 | 1,436 | $25,216,243 | Oct 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | Funny Farm | - | - | - | $25,537,221 | 1,557 | $25,537,221 | Jun 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Tequila Sunrise | - | - | - | $25,613,223 | 1,411 | $41,292,551 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Betrayed | - | - | - | $25,816,139 | 1,101 | $25,816,139 | Aug 26 | United Artists | false |
