| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Coming to America | - | - | - | $89,794,194 | 2,064 | $128,152,301 | Jun 29 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | - | - | - | $70,657,776 | 1,598 | $156,452,370 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Big | - | - | - | $33,031,100 | 1,419 | $114,968,774 | Jun 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Dead Pool | - | - | - | $27,979,166 | 1,831 | $37,903,295 | Jul 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 5 | Bambi 1988 Re-release | - | - | - | $24,157,621 | 1,489 | $39,047,150 | Jul 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Great Outdoors | - | - | - | $22,619,942 | 1,430 | $41,455,230 | Jun 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | License to Drive | - | - | - | $22,433,275 | 1,225 | $22,433,275 | Jul 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 8 | Bull Durham | - | - | - | $22,216,490 | 1,297 | $50,888,729 | Jun 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Crocodile Dundee II | - | - | - | $18,839,027 | 2,837 | $109,306,210 | May 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Die Hard | - | - | - | $18,166,986 | 1,713 | $83,008,852 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 11 | Big Business | - | - | - | $17,087,127 | 1,232 | $40,150,487 | Jun 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Willow | - | - | - | $16,172,380 | 1,209 | $57,269,863 | May 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | Short Circuit 2 | - | - | - | $15,383,988 | 1,348 | $21,630,088 | Jul 8 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 14 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | - | - | - | $14,681,192 | 1,426 | $14,681,192 | Jul 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Midnight Run | - | - | - | $13,083,938 | 1,161 | $38,413,606 | Jul 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Red Heat | - | - | - | $12,988,828 | 1,892 | $34,994,648 | Jun 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Big Top Pee-wee | - | - | - | $8,626,981 | 1,256 | $15,122,324 | Jul 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 18 | Cocktail | - | - | - | $8,237,229 | 1,462 | $78,222,753 | Jul 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Caddyshack II | - | - | - | $8,183,989 | 1,556 | $11,798,302 | Jul 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Phantasm II | - | - | - | $7,282,851 | 1,227 | $7,282,851 | Jul 8 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Rambo III | - | - | - | $5,977,156 | 2,562 | $53,715,611 | May 25 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Presidio | - | - | - | $5,933,412 | 1,168 | $20,324,096 | Jun 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | Funny Farm | - | - | - | $4,089,215 | 1,557 | $25,537,221 | Jun 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Poltergeist III | - | - | - | $2,946,702 | 1,471 | $14,114,488 | Jun 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 25 | A Fish Called Wanda | - | - | - | $1,827,488 | 1,223 | $62,493,712 | Jul 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 26 | Monkey Shines | - | - | - | $1,258,296 | 1,181 | $5,344,577 | Jul 29 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | - | - | - | $748,116 | 844 | $3,569,939 | Jul 29 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 28 | Bellman and True | - | - | - | $196,521 | 8 | $226,944 | Apr 1 | Island Pictures | false |
| 29 | Mr. North | - | - | - | $56,544 | 29 | $1,221,366 | Jul 22 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 30 | Pascali's Island | - | - | - | $41,526 | 55 | $1,451,857 | Jul 22 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 31 | A Killing Affair | - | - | - | $35,000 | 4 | $35,000 | Jul 15 | Hemdale | false |
