| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 235 | Catch Me If You Can | - | - | - | $3,686 | 4 | $3,686 | Jul 28 | - | false |
| 234 | Hit List | - | - | - | $4,564 | 3 | $4,564 | Mar 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 233 | High Stakes | - | - | - | $4,780 | 1 | $4,780 | Nov 17 | Trimark Pictures | false |
| 231 | Far from Home | - | - | - | $11,859 | 4 | $11,859 | Jun 2 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 230 | The Time Guardian | - | - | - | $12,682 | 2 | $12,682 | Aug 4 | Hemdale | false |
| 229 | Teen Witch | - | - | - | $27,843 | 17 | $27,843 | Apr 21 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 227 | Checking Out | - | - | - | $30,877 | 8 | $30,877 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 226 | Animal Behavior | - | - | - | $41,526 | 24 | $41,526 | Oct 27 | Miramax | false |
| 225 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | - | - | - | $43,671 | 5 | $43,671 | Nov 3 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 223 | Fear Anxiety Depression | - | - | - | $47,148 | 1 | $47,148 | Dec 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 221 | Ten Little Indians | - | - | - | $59,405 | 79 | $59,405 | Nov 10 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 220 | Rachel River | - | - | - | $60,698 | 4 | $60,698 | Jan 20 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 219 | Survival Quest | - | - | - | $62,683 | 168 | $62,683 | Nov 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 218 | Cohen and Tate | - | - | - | $64,227 | 75 | $64,227 | Jan 27 | Hemdale | false |
| 216 | Under the Sun of Satan | - | - | - | $68,765 | 2 | $68,765 | Jan 20 | Alive Films | false |
| 215 | Manifesto | - | - | - | $70,060 | 1 | $70,060 | Jan 27 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 214 | When the Whales Came | - | - | - | $73,131 | 10 | $73,131 | Oct 20 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 213 | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | - | - | - | $75,868 | 23 | $75,868 | Feb 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 212 | After Midnight | - | - | - | $76,325 | 224 | $76,325 | Nov 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 211 | Me and Him | - | - | - | $78,814 | 5 | $78,814 | Aug 4 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 210 | Hanussen | - | - | - | $82,635 | 2 | $82,635 | Mar 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 207 | The Big Picture | - | - | - | $117,463 | 8 | $117,463 | Sep 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 206 | Under the Boardwalk | - | - | - | $147,542 | 65 | $147,542 | Apr 14 | New World Pictures | false |
| 201 | The Experts | - | - | - | $249,281 | 100 | $169,203 | Jan 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 205 | For Queen & Country | - | - | - | $191,051 | 33 | $191,051 | May 19 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 203 | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | $232,981 | 4 | $232,981 | Sep 1 | First Run | false |
| 202 | Paperhouse | - | - | - | $241,278 | 9 | $241,278 | Feb 17 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 200 | Heavy Petting | - | - | - | $272,371 | 11 | $272,371 | Sep 22 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 199 | Kill Me Again | - | - | - | $283,694 | 221 | $283,694 | Oct 27 | - | false |
| 198 | Powwow Highway | - | - | - | $283,747 | 14 | $283,747 | Feb 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 195 | Out Cold | - | - | - | $294,266 | 142 | $294,266 | Mar 3 | Hemdale | false |
| 196 | The Chocolate War | - | - | - | $289,273 | 11 | $303,624 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 194 | Crusoe | - | - | - | $315,421 | 25 | $315,421 | Mar 31 | Island Pictures | false |
| 192 | The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | - | - | - | $363,561 | 40 | $363,561 | Nov 10 | Troma | false |
| 191 | Some Girls | - | - | - | $383,991 | 23 | $401,421 | Sep 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 224 | Triumph of the Spirit | - | - | - | $46,569 | 40 | $408,839 | Dec 8 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 232 | Akira | - | - | - | $11,690 | 2 | $439,162 | Dec 25 | - | false |
| 190 | Slaves of New York | - | - | - | $463,972 | 13 | $463,972 | Mar 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 188 | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | - | - | - | $518,918 | 11 | $518,918 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 187 | Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | - | - | - | $536,508 | 402 | $536,508 | Aug 18 | - | false |
| 186 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $624,643 | 7 | $624,643 | Apr 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 185 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | $688,329 | 22 | $688,329 | Jul 28 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 184 | Vampire's Kiss | - | - | - | $725,131 | 45 | $725,131 | Jun 2 | Hemdale | false |
| 222 | For All Mankind | - | - | - | $54,175 | 9 | $770,132 | Nov 1 | Apollo Associates | false |
| 182 | The Toxic Avenger Part II | - | - | - | $792,966 | 15 | $792,966 | Feb 24 | Troma | false |
| 181 | Little Monsters | - | - | - | $793,775 | 179 | $793,775 | Aug 25 | United Artists | false |
| 180 | Crack House | - | - | - | $862,551 | 67 | $862,551 | Nov 10 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 179 | Parents | - | - | - | $870,532 | 94 | $870,532 | Jan 27 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 178 | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | - | - | - | $902,152 | 140 | $902,152 | Feb 24 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 176 | Getting It Right | - | - | - | $960,385 | 44 | $960,385 | May 5 | - | false |
| 175 | Pumpkinhead 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,000,000 | 142 | $1,000,000 | Jan 13 | United Artists | false |
| 174 | The Music Teacher | - | - | - | $1,086,894 | 19 | $1,086,894 | Jul 7 | Orion Classics | false |
| 173 | Wired | - | - | - | $1,089,000 | 745 | $1,089,000 | Aug 25 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 172 | Heart of Dixie | - | - | - | $1,097,333 | 359 | $1,097,333 | Aug 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 171 | Heathers | - | - | - | $1,108,462 | 54 | $1,108,462 | Mar 31 | New World Pictures | false |
| 170 | Valmont | - | - | - | $1,132,112 | 7 | $1,132,112 | Nov 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 169 | Miracle Mile | - | - | - | $1,145,404 | 143 | $1,145,404 | May 19 | Hemdale | false |
| 168 | High Hopes | - | - | - | $1,192,322 | 25 | $1,192,322 | Feb 24 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 167 | Little Vera | - | - | - | $1,262,598 | 23 | $1,262,598 | Apr 14 | - | false |
| 228 | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | $29,017 | 22 | $1,267,578 | Sep 15 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 165 | Babar: The Movie | - | - | - | $1,305,187 | 510 | $1,305,187 | Jul 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 164 | Romero | - | - | - | $1,316,495 | 51 | $1,316,495 | Aug 25 | Four Square | false |
| 163 | Another Woman | - | - | - | $1,446,787 | 24 | $1,562,749 | Oct 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 162 | Vincent | - | - | - | $1,569,634 | 16 | $1,577,480 | Aug 19 | Roxie Releasing | false |
| 161 | How I Got Into College | - | - | - | $1,642,239 | 743 | $1,642,239 | May 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 160 | Best of the Best | - | - | - | $1,700,000 | 600 | $1,700,000 | Nov 10 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 159 | House III: The Horror Show | - | - | - | $1,738,897 | 444 | $1,738,897 | Apr 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 158 | Bloodfist | - | - | - | $1,770,082 | 54 | $1,770,082 | Sep 22 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 156 | Miss Firecracker | - | - | - | $1,852,655 | 211 | $1,852,655 | Apr 28 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 155 | Cookie | - | - | - | $1,869,417 | 82 | $1,869,417 | Aug 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 154 | Breaking In | - | - | - | $1,877,618 | 400 | $1,877,618 | Oct 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 153 | Communion | - | - | - | $1,919,653 | 240 | $1,919,653 | Nov 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 157 | Erik the Viking | - | - | - | $1,776,871 | 269 | $1,932,642 | Sep 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 151 | Winter People | - | - | - | $2,023,282 | 298 | $2,023,282 | Apr 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 150 | Rooftops | - | - | - | $2,043,889 | 1,044 | $2,043,889 | Mar 17 | New Century | false |
| 149 | Jacknife | - | - | - | $2,049,769 | 109 | $2,049,769 | Mar 10 | - | false |
| 152 | Pelle the Conqueror | - | - | - | $1,984,452 | 42 | $2,053,931 | Dec 21 | Miramax | false |
| 147 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $2,156,471 | 76 | $2,156,471 | Jun 2 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 148 | Bird | - | - | - | $2,138,486 | 93 | $2,181,286 | Sep 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 146 | Sing | - | - | - | $2,260,616 | 864 | $2,260,616 | Mar 31 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 145 | Farewell to the King | - | - | - | $2,420,917 | 668 | $2,420,917 | Mar 3 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 144 | Gleaming the Cube | - | - | - | $2,777,280 | 469 | $2,777,280 | Jan 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 143 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | - | - | - | $2,948,215 | 239 | $2,948,215 | Aug 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 142 | 976-EVIL | - | - | - | $2,955,917 | 251 | $2,955,917 | Mar 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 141 | Fright Night Part 2 | - | - | - | $2,983,784 | 161 | $2,983,784 | May 19 | New Century | false |
| 139 | Speed Zone | - | - | - | $3,077,361 | 1,195 | $3,077,361 | Apr 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 138 | Rude Awakening | - | - | - | $3,169,719 | 953 | $3,169,719 | Aug 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 208 | Camille Claudel | - | - | - | $99,273 | 34 | $3,331,297 | Dec 21 | Orion Classics | false |
| 136 | Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | - | - | - | $3,416,846 | 320 | $3,416,846 | Feb 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 137 | Talk Radio | - | - | - | $3,257,533 | 653 | $3,468,572 | Dec 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 140 | In Country | - | - | - | $3,034,808 | 606 | $3,531,971 | Sep 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 135 | Physical Evidence | - | - | - | $3,560,932 | 695 | $3,560,932 | Jan 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 134 | Fat Man and Little Boy | - | - | - | $3,563,162 | 843 | $3,563,162 | Oct 20 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 133 | Old Gringo | - | - | - | $3,574,256 | 237 | $3,574,256 | Oct 6 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 132 | Worth Winning | - | - | - | $3,690,328 | 1,260 | $3,690,328 | Oct 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 131 | A Dry White Season | - | - | - | $3,766,879 | 316 | $3,766,879 | Sep 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 129 | Earth Girls Are Easy | - | - | - | $3,916,303 | 317 | $3,916,303 | May 12 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 128 | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | $3,953,745 | 1,468 | $3,953,745 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 127 | Loverboy | - | - | - | $3,960,327 | 1,089 | $3,960,327 | Apr 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 126 | Red Scorpion | - | - | - | $4,192,440 | 1,268 | $4,192,440 | Apr 21 | - | false |
| 125 | Listen to Me | - | - | - | $4,299,023 | 1,306 | $4,299,023 | May 5 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 124 | Staying Together | - | - | - | $4,348,025 | 1,045 | $4,348,025 | Nov 10 | Hemdale | false |
| 123 | The Mighty Quinn | - | - | - | $4,557,214 | 234 | $4,557,214 | Feb 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 122 | The January Man | - | - | - | $4,611,062 | 883 | $4,611,062 | Jan 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 121 | Drugstore Cowboy | - | - | - | $4,729,352 | 87 | $4,729,352 | Oct 6 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 119 | See You in the Morning | - | - | - | $4,795,009 | 743 | $4,795,009 | Apr 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 120 | Torch Song Trilogy | - | - | - | $4,733,264 | 135 | $4,865,997 | Dec 16 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 118 | Let It Ride | - | - | - | $4,973,285 | 1,191 | $4,973,285 | Aug 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 117 | Second Sight | - | - | - | $5,368,865 | 815 | $5,368,865 | Nov 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 116 | Dream a Little Dream | - | - | - | $5,552,441 | 1,019 | $5,552,441 | Mar 3 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 115 | Millennium | - | - | - | $5,777,099 | 488 | $5,777,099 | Aug 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 114 | Immediate Family | - | - | - | $5,932,613 | 836 | $5,932,613 | Oct 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 113 | Shirley Valentine | - | - | - | $6,056,912 | 8 | $6,056,912 | Sep 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 112 | UHF | - | - | - | $6,157,157 | 1,295 | $6,157,157 | Jul 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 209 | Music Box | - | - | - | $97,835 | 462 | $6,263,883 | Dec 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 197 | Roger & Me | - | - | - | $285,579 | 265 | $6,706,368 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 108 | Shag | - | - | - | $6,957,975 | 850 | $6,957,975 | Jul 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 107 | Relentless | - | - | - | $6,985,999 | 836 | $6,985,999 | Sep 1 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 106 | Johnny Handsome | - | - | - | $7,237,794 | 813 | $7,237,794 | Sep 29 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 102 | Disorganized Crime | - | - | - | $7,723,506 | 1,462 | $7,723,506 | Apr 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 189 | Enemies, A Love Story | - | - | - | $470,485 | 75 | $7,754,571 | Dec 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 101 | Dead Calm | - | - | - | $7,825,009 | 959 | $7,825,009 | Apr 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 100 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | - | - | - | $8,083,123 | 120 | $8,083,123 | Mar 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 99 | Dead Bang | - | - | - | $8,125,592 | 1,073 | $8,125,592 | Mar 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 98 | DeepStar Six | - | - | - | $8,143,225 | 1,118 | $8,143,225 | Jan 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 97 | Cheetah | - | - | - | $8,153,677 | 1,321 | $8,153,677 | Aug 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 95 | Troop Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $8,508,843 | 964 | $8,508,843 | Mar 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 94 | True Believer | - | - | - | $8,742,750 | 897 | $8,742,750 | Feb 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 93 | Scandal | - | - | - | $8,800,000 | 371 | $8,800,000 | Apr 28 | Miramax | false |
| 92 | Renegades | - | - | - | $9,015,164 | 1,627 | $9,015,164 | Jun 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 91 | Tap | - | - | - | $9,114,702 | 587 | $9,114,702 | Feb 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 89 | Criminal Law | - | - | - | $9,974,446 | 1,166 | $9,974,446 | Apr 28 | Hemdale | false |
| 204 | Henry V | - | - | - | $207,549 | 134 | $10,161,099 | Nov 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 88 | Cyborg | - | - | - | $10,166,459 | 830 | $10,166,459 | Apr 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 109 | We're No Angels | - | - | - | $6,910,853 | 1,495 | $10,555,348 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 87 | The Package | - | - | - | $10,647,219 | 460 | $10,647,219 | Aug 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 86 | New York Stories | - | - | - | $10,763,469 | 514 | $10,763,469 | Mar 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 84 | Who's Harry Crumb? | - | - | - | $10,982,364 | 1,198 | $10,982,364 | Feb 3 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 82 | Young Einstein | - | - | - | $11,536,599 | 1,217 | $11,536,599 | Aug 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 81 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | - | - | - | $11,567,217 | 1,627 | $11,567,217 | Mar 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 80 | Gross Anatomy | - | - | - | $11,604,598 | 1,080 | $11,604,598 | Oct 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 79 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | - | - | - | $11,642,254 | 1,495 | $11,642,254 | Oct 13 | - | false |
| 78 | She's Out of Control | - | - | - | $12,065,892 | 987 | $12,065,892 | Apr 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 110 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | - | - | - | $6,335,424 | 1,187 | $12,090,735 | Dec 23 | New World Pictures | false |
| 77 | Pink Cadillac | - | - | - | $12,143,484 | 1,993 | $12,143,484 | May 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 105 | Family Business | - | - | - | $7,438,993 | 1,230 | $12,195,695 | Dec 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 83 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | - | - | - | $11,023,007 | 266 | $13,030,057 | Dec 16 | United Artists | false |
| 75 | Great Balls of Fire! | - | - | - | $13,741,060 | 1,417 | $13,741,060 | Jun 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 111 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | - | - | - | $6,295,609 | 1,148 | $13,854,000 | Dec 9 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 103 | The Wizard | - | - | - | $7,686,199 | 1,204 | $14,278,900 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 74 | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan | - | - | - | $14,343,976 | 1,683 | $14,343,976 | Jul 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 73 | Kickboxer | - | - | - | $14,697,005 | 973 | $14,697,005 | Sep 8 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 217 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $65,732 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 90 | She-Devil | - | - | - | $9,846,622 | 1,452 | $15,351,421 | Dec 8 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 71 | Leviathan | - | - | - | $15,704,614 | 1,393 | $15,704,614 | Mar 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 70 | Next of Kin | - | - | - | $15,942,628 | 1,358 | $15,942,628 | Oct 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 69 | No Holds Barred | - | - | - | $16,093,651 | 1,327 | $16,093,651 | Jun 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 68 | Chances Are | - | - | - | $16,278,590 | 1,190 | $16,278,590 | Mar 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 67 | Shocker | - | - | - | $16,554,699 | 1,795 | $16,554,699 | Oct 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 64 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | - | - | - | $18,254,702 | 525 | $18,254,702 | Oct 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 63 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | - | - | - | $18,428,904 | 860 | $18,428,904 | Oct 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 62 | Prancer | - | - | - | $18,587,135 | 1,728 | $18,587,135 | Nov 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 61 | Casualties of War | - | - | - | $18,671,317 | 1,487 | $18,671,317 | Aug 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 60 | Her Alibi | - | - | - | $18,699,037 | 1,429 | $18,699,037 | Feb 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 130 | Cocoon: The Return | - | - | - | $3,776,197 | 997 | $18,924,919 | Nov 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 96 | Blaze | - | - | - | $8,318,647 | 970 | $19,131,246 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 59 | Skin Deep | - | - | - | $19,674,852 | 1,062 | $19,674,852 | Mar 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 58 | The Fly II | - | - | - | $20,021,322 | 1,528 | $20,021,322 | Feb 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 57 | An Innocent Man | - | - | - | $20,047,604 | 1,561 | $20,047,604 | Oct 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 55 | Say Anything | - | - | - | $20,781,385 | 1,113 | $20,781,385 | Apr 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 54 | The Rescuers 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $21,215,869 | 1,482 | $21,215,869 | Mar 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 53 | Cousins | - | - | - | $22,026,369 | 747 | $22,026,369 | Feb 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 52 | Lock Up | - | - | - | $22,099,847 | 1,384 | $22,099,847 | Aug 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 51 | Dad | - | - | - | $22,103,037 | 1,188 | $22,103,037 | Oct 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 50 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | - | - | - | $22,168,359 | 1,902 | $22,168,359 | Aug 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 48 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | - | - | - | $24,741,667 | 534 | $24,741,667 | Aug 4 | Miramax | false |
| 193 | Glory | - | - | - | $329,420 | 811 | $26,828,365 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 56 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | - | - | - | $20,284,394 | 1,591 | $27,100,027 | Nov 17 | United Artists | false |
| 47 | Do the Right Thing | - | - | - | $27,545,445 | 534 | $27,545,445 | Jun 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 177 | Ernest Saves Christmas | - | - | - | $913,445 | 1,640 | $28,202,109 | Nov 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 46 | The Dream Team | - | - | - | $28,890,240 | 1,459 | $28,890,240 | Apr 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | Peter Pan 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $29,445,131 | 1,533 | $29,445,131 | Jul 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 44 | Road House | - | - | - | $30,050,028 | 1,935 | $30,050,028 | May 19 | United Artists | false |
| 43 | Weekend at Bernie's | - | - | - | $30,218,387 | 1,139 | $30,218,387 | Jul 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 42 | The Bear | - | - | - | $31,753,898 | 1,056 | $31,753,898 | Oct 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 41 | Lean on Me | - | - | - | $31,906,454 | 1,107 | $31,906,454 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | The Accidental Tourist | - | - | - | $32,385,154 | 954 | $32,632,093 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 39 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $33,600,569 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Licence to Kill | - | - | - | $34,667,015 | 1,587 | $34,667,015 | Jul 14 | United Artists | false |
| 38 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $34,340,667 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Fletch Lives | - | - | - | $35,150,960 | 1,512 | $35,150,960 | Mar 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 34 | The 'Burbs | - | - | - | $36,601,993 | 1,956 | $36,601,993 | Feb 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Karate Kid Part III | - | - | - | $38,956,288 | 1,569 | $38,956,288 | Jun 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 31 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | - | - | - | $40,485,039 | 1,321 | $40,485,039 | Feb 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Three Fugitives | - | - | - | $40,586,886 | 1,374 | $40,586,886 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 72 | Tequila Sunrise | - | - | - | $15,679,324 | 1,411 | $41,292,551 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | - | - | - | $24,012,932 | 1,515 | $42,039,085 | Dec 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | K-9 | - | - | - | $43,247,647 | 1,706 | $43,247,647 | Apr 28 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 85 | Always | - | - | - | $10,953,485 | 1,206 | $43,858,790 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 26 | Black Rain | - | - | - | $46,212,055 | 1,760 | $46,212,055 | Sep 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
