| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Lean on Me | - | - | - | $21,837,564 | 1,107 | $31,906,454 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Rain Man | - | - | - | $21,625,159 | 1,590 | $172,825,435 | Dec 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 3 | Fletch Lives | - | - | - | $20,026,183 | 1,512 | $35,150,960 | Mar 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | - | - | - | $18,762,472 | 1,321 | $40,485,039 | Feb 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 5 | The 'Burbs | - | - | - | $18,469,359 | 1,956 | $36,601,993 | Feb 17 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Skin Deep | - | - | - | $15,500,882 | 1,062 | $19,674,852 | Mar 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Chances Are | - | - | - | $11,620,461 | 1,190 | $16,278,590 | Mar 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | - | - | - | $11,567,217 | 1,627 | $11,567,217 | Mar 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | The Rescuers 1989 Re-release | - | - | - | $11,514,419 | 1,482 | $21,215,869 | Mar 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Three Fugitives | - | - | - | $11,219,135 | 1,374 | $40,586,886 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Leviathan | - | - | - | $11,020,911 | 1,393 | $15,704,614 | Mar 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 12 | New York Stories | - | - | - | $10,763,469 | 514 | $10,763,469 | Mar 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Dangerous Liaisons | - | - | - | $10,722,348 | 762 | $34,670,720 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Cousins | - | - | - | $10,699,011 | 747 | $22,026,369 | Feb 10 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Working Girl | - | - | - | $7,408,951 | 1,149 | $63,779,477 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Dream a Little Dream | - | - | - | $5,552,441 | 1,019 | $5,552,441 | Mar 3 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 17 | Twins | - | - | - | $5,486,057 | 1,659 | $111,938,388 | Dec 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Beaches | - | - | - | $5,426,669 | 1,122 | $57,041,866 | Dec 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Fly II | - | - | - | $4,672,373 | 1,528 | $20,021,322 | Feb 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Troop Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $4,317,528 | 964 | $8,508,843 | Mar 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | Dead Bang | - | - | - | $4,277,456 | 1,073 | $8,125,592 | Mar 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Her Alibi | - | - | - | $3,966,622 | 1,429 | $18,699,037 | Feb 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | True Believer | - | - | - | $3,459,913 | 897 | $8,742,750 | Feb 17 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 24 | 976-EVIL | - | - | - | $2,955,917 | 251 | $2,955,917 | Mar 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | - | - | - | $2,768,977 | 120 | $8,083,123 | Mar 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | Tap | - | - | - | $2,602,151 | 587 | $9,114,702 | Feb 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 27 | Farewell to the King | - | - | - | $2,420,917 | 668 | $2,420,917 | Mar 3 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 28 | Mississippi Burning | - | - | - | $2,298,727 | 1,134 | $34,603,943 | Dec 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Rooftops | - | - | - | $2,043,889 | 1,044 | $2,043,889 | Mar 17 | New Century | false |
| 30 | Out Cold | - | - | - | $294,266 | 142 | $294,266 | Mar 3 | Hemdale | false |
| 31 | Sing | - | - | - | $226,491 | 864 | $2,260,616 | Mar 31 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 32 | Hanussen | - | - | - | $82,635 | 2 | $82,635 | Mar 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 33 | Under the Sun of Satan | - | - | - | $56,581 | 2 | $68,765 | Jan 20 | Alive Films | false |
| 34 | Jacknife | - | - | - | $49,702 | 109 | $2,049,769 | Mar 10 | Cineplex Odeon Films | false |
| 35 | Slaves of New York | - | - | - | $38,699 | 13 | $463,972 | Mar 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 36 | Heathers | - | - | - | $37,673 | 54 | $1,108,462 | Mar 31 | New World Pictures | false |
| 37 | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | - | - | - | $32,539 | 23 | $75,868 | Feb 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | High Hopes | - | - | - | $11,984 | 25 | $1,192,322 | Feb 24 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 39 | Hit List | - | - | - | $4,564 | 3 | $4,564 | Mar 3 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 40 | Powwow Highway | - | - | - | $4,148 | 14 | $283,747 | Feb 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Crusoe | - | - | - | $1,773 | 25 | $315,421 | Mar 31 | Island Pictures | false |
