| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Three Men and a Baby | - | - | - | $47,156,784 | 1,813 | $167,780,960 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Good Morning, Vietnam | - | - | - | $36,262,534 | 1,598 | $123,922,370 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Broadcast News | - | - | - | $22,819,419 | 848 | $51,249,404 | Dec 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | Throw Momma from the Train | - | - | - | $20,437,844 | 1,623 | $57,915,972 | Dec 11 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Eddie Murphy: Raw | - | - | - | $20,155,004 | 1,494 | $50,504,655 | Dec 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Moonstruck | - | - | - | $16,709,642 | 1,178 | $80,640,528 | Dec 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 7 | Wall Street | - | - | - | $15,303,015 | 989 | $43,848,069 | Dec 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Fatal Attraction | - | - | - | $13,973,845 | 1,401 | $156,645,693 | Sep 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 9 | *batteries not included | - | - | - | $13,698,519 | 1,367 | $32,945,797 | Dec 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Empire of the Sun | - | - | - | $13,444,114 | 673 | $22,238,696 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Overboard | - | - | - | $12,345,754 | 1,135 | $26,713,187 | Dec 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | - | - | - | $12,085,360 | 1,684 | $49,530,280 | Nov 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | For Keeps? | - | - | - | $10,692,859 | 959 | $17,514,553 | Jan 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 14 | Dirty Dancing | - | - | - | $8,427,264 | 1,012 | $63,446,382 | Aug 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 15 | Nuts | - | - | - | $8,152,024 | 1,112 | $30,950,002 | Nov 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | The Couch Trip | - | - | - | $8,076,382 | 1,332 | $11,005,304 | Jan 15 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Return of the Living Dead II | - | - | - | $7,306,823 | 1,467 | $9,205,924 | Jan 15 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | Cinderella 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $5,989,042 | 1,657 | $34,101,149 | Nov 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Last Emperor | - | - | - | $5,002,952 | 877 | $43,984,230 | Nov 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Braddock: Missing in Action III | - | - | - | $3,656,959 | 1,040 | $6,193,901 | Jan 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 21 | The Running Man | - | - | - | $3,242,838 | 1,694 | $38,122,105 | Nov 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | - | - | - | $1,368,651 | 27 | $1,408,491 | Sep 11 | Miramax | false |
| 23 | Leonard Part 6 | - | - | - | $723,595 | 1,149 | $4,615,255 | Dec 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Family | - | - | - | $346,730 | 1 | $346,730 | Jan 22 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 25 | Rent-a-Cop | - | - | - | $295,000 | 193 | $295,000 | Jan 15 | - | false |
| 26 | Five Corners | - | - | - | $163,656 | 13 | $969,205 | Jan 22 | - | false |
| 27 | The Telephone | - | - | - | $99,978 | 50 | $99,978 | Jan 22 | New World Pictures | false |
| 28 | Ironweed | - | - | - | $77,285 | 600 | $7,393,346 | Dec 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 29 | King Lear | - | - | - | $61,821 | 1 | $61,821 | Jan 22 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 30 | Promised Land | - | - | - | $44,105 | 67 | $316,199 | Jan 22 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 31 | Gandahar | - | - | - | $29,232 | 7 | $370,698 | Jan 29 | Miramax | false |
| 32 | Siesta | - | - | - | $13,713 | 30 | $700,000 | Nov 11 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
