| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Crocodile Dundee | - | - | - | $35,634,111 | 1,495 | $174,803,506 | Sep 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Color of Money | - | - | - | $21,518,039 | 1,205 | $52,293,982 | Oct 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 3 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | - | - | - | $17,770,702 | 1,956 | $109,713,132 | Nov 26 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Soul Man | - | - | - | $16,604,598 | 1,320 | $27,820,000 | Oct 24 | New World Pictures | false |
| 5 | Peggy Sue Got Married | - | - | - | $14,879,619 | 1,107 | $41,382,841 | Oct 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 6 | An American Tail | - | - | - | $11,259,790 | 1,249 | $47,483,002 | Nov 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Song of the South 1986 Re-release | - | - | - | $8,649,834 | 1,529 | $17,659,346 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | - | - | - | $8,416,777 | 1,085 | $29,844,101 | Oct 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Children of a Lesser God | - | - | - | $8,103,873 | 544 | $31,853,080 | Oct 3 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Firewalker | - | - | - | $7,262,966 | 1,120 | $11,949,484 | Nov 21 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 11 | Stand by Me | - | - | - | $7,213,412 | 848 | $52,287,414 | Aug 8 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 12 | Top Gun | - | - | - | $6,898,106 | 1,531 | $176,781,728 | May 16 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Something Wild | - | - | - | $6,066,500 | 916 | $8,362,969 | Nov 7 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 14 | Tough Guys | - | - | - | $5,760,662 | 1,266 | $21,458,229 | Oct 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | 52 Pick-Up | - | - | - | $5,186,646 | 730 | $5,186,646 | Nov 7 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 16 | Tai-Pan | - | - | - | $4,007,250 | 860 | $4,007,250 | Nov 7 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 17 | Blue Velvet | - | - | - | $3,320,338 | 188 | $8,551,228 | Sep 19 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 18 | 'Round Midnight | - | - | - | $3,233,949 | 50 | $3,272,593 | Oct 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Trick or Treat | - | - | - | $2,812,470 | 1,267 | $6,797,218 | Oct 24 | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | false |
| 20 | Streets of Gold | - | - | - | $2,546,238 | 797 | $2,546,238 | Nov 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | The Name of the Rose | - | - | - | $2,387,666 | 176 | $7,153,487 | Sep 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | The Wraith | - | - | - | $2,349,592 | 588 | $3,500,000 | Nov 21 | New Century | false |
| 23 | Sky Bandits | - | - | - | $2,035,710 | 1,335 | $2,295,500 | Oct 31 | Galaxy International Releasing | false |
| 24 | Quiet Cool | - | - | - | $1,900,000 | 470 | $1,900,000 | Nov 7 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 25 | The Mission | - | - | - | $967,841 | 730 | $17,218,023 | Oct 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Hoosiers | - | - | - | $794,669 | 1,048 | $28,607,524 | Nov 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Deadtime Stories | - | - | - | $708,112 | 255 | $2,750,741 | Nov 28 | Palisades Pictures | false |
| 28 | Solarbabies | - | - | - | $677,696 | 692 | $1,579,260 | Nov 26 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 29 | Nobody's Fool | - | - | - | $563,358 | 290 | $563,358 | Nov 7 | Island Pictures | false |
| 30 | From Beyond | - | - | - | $543,135 | 190 | $1,261,000 | Oct 24 | Empire Pictures | false |
| 31 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | - | - | - | $278,623 | 63 | $278,623 | Nov 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 32 | Willy/Milly | - | - | - | $277,405 | 182 | $277,405 | Nov 14 | Palisades Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Mosquito Coast | - | - | - | $108,813 | 451 | $14,302,779 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | Nutcracker | - | - | - | $100,296 | 597 | $781,727 | Nov 26 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 35 | Betty Blue | - | - | - | $48,972 | 20 | $2,003,822 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
| 36 | Defense of the Realm | - | - | - | $27,770 | 15 | $750,000 | Nov 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 37 | Marlene | - | - | - | $21,262 | 6 | $852,676 | Nov 7 | Alive Films | false |
