| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $42,292,447 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Bird on a Wire | - | - | - | $35,906,050 | 2,008 | $70,978,012 | May 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Back to the Future Part III | - | - | - | $27,761,250 | 2,070 | $87,727,583 | May 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $23,195,800 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | Mar 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 5 | Cadillac Man | - | - | - | $16,713,037 | 1,878 | $27,627,310 | May 18 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | - | - | - | $14,845,068 | 1,535 | $16,324,573 | May 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $12,795,217 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | Mar 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Spaced Invaders | - | - | - | $10,711,380 | 1,845 | $15,369,573 | Apr 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Guardian | - | - | - | $10,493,393 | 1,736 | $17,037,887 | Apr 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Q&A | - | - | - | $9,066,253 | 923 | $11,207,891 | Apr 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | Wild Orchid | - | - | - | $7,727,901 | 822 | $11,060,485 | Apr 27 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 12 | Fire Birds | - | - | - | $7,556,586 | 2,006 | $14,760,451 | May 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | Ernest Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $6,303,919 | 1,956 | $25,029,569 | Apr 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $5,213,311 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The First Power | - | - | - | $5,000,307 | 1,336 | $22,424,195 | Apr 6 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Miami Blues | - | - | - | $4,803,664 | 833 | $9,888,167 | Apr 20 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Short Time | - | - | - | $4,010,647 | 574 | $4,010,647 | May 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | I Love You to Death | - | - | - | $3,939,144 | 1,095 | $16,186,793 | Apr 6 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 19 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $3,912,219 | 187 | $4,011,793 | Feb 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 20 | Crazy People | - | - | - | $3,651,145 | 1,389 | $13,236,513 | Apr 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Camille Claudel | - | - | - | $3,232,024 | 34 | $3,331,297 | Dec 21 | Orion Classics | false |
| 22 | Class of 1999 | - | - | - | $2,459,895 | 320 | $2,459,895 | May 11 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 23 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $2,366,261 | 91 | $2,415,312 | Mar 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 24 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | - | - | - | $1,730,005 | 25 | $1,730,005 | May 4 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | - | - | - | $1,623,301 | 239 | $7,724,701 | Apr 6 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? | - | - | - | $1,373,728 | 150 | $1,373,728 | May 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 27 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | - | - | - | $980,892 | 82 | $4,087,361 | May 4 | Miramax | false |
| 28 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $821,125 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | Mar 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $721,027 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 30 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | - | - | - | $377,807 | 8 | $609,939 | Jan 5 | - | false |
| 31 | A Show of Force | - | - | - | $91,578 | 12 | $91,578 | May 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 32 | Longtime Companion | - | - | - | $85,954 | 85 | $4,609,953 | May 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 33 | Def by Temptation | - | - | - | $82,582 | 57 | $2,218,579 | May 11 | Troma | false |
| 34 | Happy Together | - | - | - | $70,912 | 10 | $70,912 | May 4 | - | false |
| 35 | Jesus of Montreal | - | - | - | $26,090 | 21 | $1,601,612 | May 25 | Orion Classics | false |
| 36 | Pathfinder | - | - | - | $10,628 | 1 | $10,628 | May 11 | - | false |
| 37 | The Feud | - | - | - | $3,102 | 1 | $3,102 | May 4 | Castle Hill Productions | false |
