| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Platoon | - | - | - | $49,915,567 | 1,564 | $138,530,565 | Dec 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Outrageous Fortune | - | - | - | $28,127,287 | 1,316 | $52,864,741 | Jan 30 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Mannequin | - | - | - | $14,511,719 | 978 | $42,721,196 | Feb 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Black Widow | - | - | - | $14,053,075 | 754 | $25,205,460 | Feb 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $12,625,121 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | A Room with a View | - | - | - | $11,765,156 | 150 | $20,966,644 | Mar 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 7 | Over the Top | - | - | - | $11,232,475 | 1,758 | $16,057,580 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | - | - | - | $9,617,426 | 1,956 | $109,713,132 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | From the Hip | - | - | - | $9,518,342 | 971 | $9,518,342 | Feb 6 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 10 | Light of Day | - | - | - | $8,640,852 | 1,041 | $10,489,617 | Feb 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Golden Child | - | - | - | $8,595,572 | 1,714 | $79,817,937 | Dec 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Critical Condition | - | - | - | $7,568,769 | 1,343 | $20,240,502 | Jan 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Radio Days | - | - | - | $7,336,822 | 488 | $14,792,779 | Jan 30 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Little Shop of Horrors | - | - | - | $6,730,502 | 1,183 | $38,748,395 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The Bedroom Window | - | - | - | $4,988,637 | 934 | $12,640,385 | Jan 16 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 16 | Crimes of the Heart | - | - | - | $4,234,161 | 685 | $22,905,522 | Dec 12 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 17 | The Mission | - | - | - | $3,678,671 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | - | - | - | $3,247,968 | 1,383 | $44,793,222 | Feb 27 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 19 | Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | - | - | - | $3,057,589 | 1,000 | $3,751,699 | Jan 30 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 20 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $3,030,005 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Death Before Dishonor | - | - | - | $2,735,097 | 776 | $4,546,244 | Feb 20 | New World Pictures | false |
| 22 | Dead of Winter | - | - | - | $2,413,427 | 491 | $2,413,427 | Feb 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | Betty Blue | - | - | - | $1,954,850 | 20 | $2,003,822 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 24 | Some Kind of Wonderful | - | - | - | $1,252,546 | 1,082 | $18,553,948 | Feb 27 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Kindred | - | - | - | $1,145,175 | 566 | $2,407,024 | Jan 9 | - | false |
| 26 | Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $985,574 | 255 | $4,691,838 | Feb 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Return to Horror High | - | - | - | $264,711 | 227 | $1,189,709 | Jan 9 | New World Pictures | false |
| 28 | Morgan Stewart's Coming Home | - | - | - | $181,473 | 344 | $2,136,381 | Feb 20 | New Century | false |
| 29 | Beyond Therapy | - | - | - | $105,802 | 113 | $790,000 | Feb 27 | New World Pictures | false |
| 30 | 84 Charing Cross Road | - | - | - | $33,172 | 24 | $1,083,486 | Feb 13 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Good Father | - | - | - | $29,640 | 17 | $421,201 | Feb 11 | Skouras Pictures | false |
