| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Child's Play | - | - | - | $22,177,029 | 1,490 | $33,244,684 | Nov 11 | United Artists | false |
| 2 | Scrooged | - | - | - | $19,458,592 | 1,897 | $60,328,558 | Nov 23 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Ernest Saves Christmas | - | - | - | $18,385,886 | 1,640 | $28,202,109 | Nov 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Land Before Time | - | - | - | $18,249,288 | 1,414 | $48,336,291 | Nov 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Accused | - | - | - | $13,184,333 | 930 | $32,078,318 | Oct 14 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | They Live | - | - | - | $12,153,113 | 1,463 | $13,447,978 | Nov 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Oliver & Company | - | - | - | $11,898,336 | 1,503 | $53,279,055 | Nov 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | Everybody's All-American | - | - | - | $11,521,648 | 1,123 | $12,638,294 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | U2: Rattle and Hum | - | - | - | $8,396,290 | 1,391 | $8,600,823 | Nov 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Iron Eagle II | - | - | - | $8,179,683 | 878 | $10,497,324 | Nov 11 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 11 | Cocoon: The Return | - | - | - | $7,655,087 | 997 | $18,924,919 | Nov 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Gorillas in the Mist | - | - | - | $7,209,529 | 1,085 | $24,720,479 | Sep 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mystic Pizza | - | - | - | $6,986,866 | 440 | $12,793,213 | Oct 21 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 14 | Die Hard | - | - | - | $6,958,205 | 1,713 | $83,008,852 | Jul 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 15 | High Spirits | - | - | - | $6,368,943 | 826 | $8,578,231 | Nov 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | - | - | - | $5,985,532 | 1,692 | $17,768,757 | Oct 21 | - | false |
| 17 | Punchline | - | - | - | $5,813,681 | 917 | $21,042,667 | Sep 30 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | Without a Clue | - | - | - | $5,746,218 | 491 | $8,539,181 | Oct 21 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 19 | Fresh Horses | - | - | - | $5,641,582 | 1,276 | $6,640,346 | Nov 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Alien Nation | - | - | - | $5,328,443 | 1,436 | $25,216,243 | Oct 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | A Fish Called Wanda | - | - | - | $5,298,169 | 1,223 | $62,493,712 | Jul 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | Crossing Delancey | - | - | - | $5,157,247 | 303 | $16,262,415 | Aug 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | The Good Mother | - | - | - | $4,764,606 | 670 | $4,764,606 | Nov 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | A Cry in the Dark | - | - | - | $4,674,397 | 334 | $6,908,797 | Nov 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | 1969 | - | - | - | $4,032,393 | 520 | $5,979,011 | Nov 18 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 26 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | - | - | - | $3,695,727 | 1,598 | $156,452,370 | Jun 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 27 | Madame Sousatzka | - | - | - | $3,297,155 | 123 | $3,548,238 | Oct 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 28 | Feds | - | - | - | $2,790,215 | 850 | $3,838,793 | Oct 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Clara's Heart | - | - | - | $2,182,104 | 315 | $5,194,491 | Oct 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 30 | Salaam Bombay! | - | - | - | $2,035,374 | 27 | $2,080,046 | Oct 7 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 31 | Bat*21 | - | - | - | $1,876,608 | 516 | $3,966,256 | Oct 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 32 | Pumpkinhead | - | - | - | $1,588,958 | 353 | $3,385,516 | Oct 14 | United Artists | false |
| 33 | Split Decisions | - | - | - | $695,822 | 405 | $695,822 | Nov 11 | New Century | false |
| 34 | The Last Temptation of Christ | - | - | - | $574,803 | 123 | $8,373,585 | Aug 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 35 | Buster | - | - | - | $274,962 | 217 | $540,000 | Nov 23 | Hemdale | false |
| 36 | Full Moon in Blue Water | - | - | - | $237,763 | 56 | $450,726 | Nov 23 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 37 | Distant Thunder | - | - | - | $156,188 | 31 | $156,188 | Nov 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 38 | Amsterdamned | - | - | - | $83,184 | 5 | $98,003 | Nov 23 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 39 | Hanna's War | - | - | - | $78,810 | 35 | $139,796 | Nov 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 40 | Ghost Town | - | - | - | $75,000 | 8 | $75,000 | Nov 11 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 41 | The Chocolate War | - | - | - | $14,351 | 11 | $303,624 | Nov 18 | - | false |
