| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $72,473,635 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | Mar 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $28,633,222 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | Mar 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $24,768,599 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $20,769,041 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Hard to Kill | - | - | - | $18,290,276 | 1,508 | $47,410,827 | Feb 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | House Party | - | - | - | $15,023,233 | 700 | $26,385,627 | Mar 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 7 | Madhouse | - | - | - | $11,302,348 | 1,555 | $21,036,771 | Feb 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Bad Influence | - | - | - | $10,745,703 | 1,300 | $12,626,043 | Mar 9 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 9 | Steel Magnolias | - | - | - | $10,744,555 | 1,372 | $83,759,091 | Nov 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 10 | Lord of the Flies | - | - | - | $9,653,426 | 919 | $13,985,225 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 11 | Born on the Fourth of July | - | - | - | $9,190,684 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 12 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $9,189,354 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | Mar 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 13 | The Little Mermaid | - | - | - | $8,652,037 | 1,533 | $84,355,863 | Nov 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Blue Steel | - | - | - | $6,482,676 | 1,307 | $8,217,997 | Mar 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 15 | The War of the Roses | - | - | - | $6,196,188 | 1,559 | $86,888,546 | Dec 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Glory | - | - | - | $5,252,286 | 811 | $26,828,365 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 17 | Revenge | - | - | - | $5,232,474 | 1,382 | $15,645,616 | Feb 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $5,003,664 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | The Handmaid's Tale | - | - | - | $4,960,385 | 177 | $4,960,385 | Mar 9 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 20 | Stella | - | - | - | $4,431,296 | 1,393 | $20,240,128 | Feb 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 21 | Lambada | - | - | - | $4,263,112 | 1,117 | $4,263,112 | Mar 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | Men Don't Leave | - | - | - | $3,583,572 | 802 | $6,070,725 | Feb 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | Back to the Future Part II | - | - | - | $3,436,701 | 2,107 | $118,450,002 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | A Shock to the System | - | - | - | $3,417,056 | 345 | $3,417,056 | Mar 23 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 25 | Nuns on the Run | - | - | - | $2,867,357 | 702 | $10,959,015 | Mar 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 26 | Blind Fury | - | - | - | $2,692,037 | 353 | $2,692,037 | Mar 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 27 | Nightbreed | - | - | - | $2,457,242 | 1,488 | $8,862,354 | Feb 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 28 | The Forbidden Dance | - | - | - | $1,823,154 | 637 | $1,823,154 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Last of the Finest | - | - | - | $1,531,489 | 424 | $1,531,489 | Mar 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Opportunity Knocks | - | - | - | $1,231,284 | 1,275 | $11,359,129 | Mar 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 31 | The Fourth War | - | - | - | $1,080,423 | 1,005 | $1,305,887 | Mar 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 32 | Roger & Me | - | - | - | $1,074,861 | 265 | $6,706,368 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $1,030,453 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 34 | Coupe de Ville | - | - | - | $715,983 | 170 | $715,983 | Mar 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | For All Mankind | - | - | - | $715,957 | 9 | $770,132 | Nov 1 | Apollo Associates | false |
| 36 | Where the Heart Is | - | - | - | $536,842 | 235 | $1,106,475 | Feb 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | Angel Town | - | - | - | $513,165 | 55 | $855,810 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 38 | The Blood of Heroes | - | - | - | $362,734 | 318 | $882,290 | Feb 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 39 | Too Beautiful for You | - | - | - | $52,120 | 29 | $1,776,440 | Mar 2 | Orion Classics | false |
| 40 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $49,051 | 91 | $2,415,312 | Mar 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 41 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $14,224 | 187 | $4,011,793 | Feb 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 42 | Spontaneous Combustion | - | - | - | $7,195 | 50 | $50,367 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
