| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Stakeout | - | - | - | $23,426,583 | 1,364 | $65,673,233 | Aug 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | Fatal Attraction | - | - | - | $20,327,475 | 1,401 | $156,645,693 | Sep 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Dirty Dancing | - | - | - | $18,385,207 | 1,012 | $63,446,382 | Aug 21 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 4 | No Way Out | - | - | - | $15,096,300 | 1,130 | $35,509,515 | Aug 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Big Easy | - | - | - | $12,462,704 | 1,219 | $17,685,307 | Aug 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 6 | La Bamba | - | - | - | $12,161,556 | 1,251 | $54,215,416 | Jul 24 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | Can't Buy Me Love | - | - | - | $11,254,872 | 1,283 | $31,623,833 | Aug 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Principal | - | - | - | $9,694,228 | 1,196 | $19,734,940 | Sep 18 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Fourth Protocol | - | - | - | $9,657,802 | 1,061 | $12,423,831 | Aug 28 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Born in East L.A. | - | - | - | $8,950,096 | 1,112 | $17,355,263 | Aug 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Hamburger Hill | - | - | - | $8,913,195 | 814 | $13,839,404 | Aug 28 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Hellraiser | - | - | - | $8,608,777 | 1,104 | $14,564,027 | Sep 18 | New World Pictures | false |
| 13 | The Pick-up Artist | - | - | - | $8,003,546 | 1,132 | $13,290,368 | Sep 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 14 | The Living Daylights | - | - | - | $7,795,110 | 1,728 | $51,185,897 | Jul 31 | United Artists | false |
| 15 | The Lost Boys | - | - | - | $7,529,122 | 1,249 | $32,222,567 | Jul 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 16 | RoboCop | - | - | - | $6,339,876 | 1,601 | $53,424,681 | Jul 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | House II: The Second Story | - | - | - | $5,814,903 | 1,069 | $7,800,000 | Aug 28 | New World Pictures | false |
| 18 | Wish You Were Here | - | - | - | $3,206,252 | 43 | $3,283,832 | Jul 24 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false |
| 19 | Maid to Order | - | - | - | $2,909,232 | 522 | $9,868,521 | Jul 31 | New Century | false |
| 20 | Maurice | - | - | - | $2,438,304 | 1 | $2,438,304 | Sep 18 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Curse | - | - | - | $1,930,001 | 326 | $1,930,001 | Sep 11 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
| 22 | The Whistle Blower | - | - | - | $1,447,473 | 62 | $1,500,000 | Jul 10 | Hemdale | false |
| 23 | A Prayer for the Dying | - | - | - | $1,432,687 | 407 | $1,432,687 | Sep 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 24 | Best Seller | - | - | - | $1,053,450 | 253 | $4,278,150 | Sep 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 25 | The Big Town | - | - | - | $935,400 | 762 | $1,733,017 | Sep 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 26 | Amazon Women on the Moon | - | - | - | $548,696 | 50 | $548,696 | Sep 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 27 | China Girl | - | - | - | $544,926 | 193 | $1,262,091 | Sep 25 | Vestron Pictures | false |
| 28 | Real Men | - | - | - | $267,516 | 150 | $873,903 | Sep 25 | United Artists | false |
| 29 | The Princess Bride | - | - | - | $254,268 | 803 | $30,857,814 | Sep 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | From a Whisper to a Scream | - | - | - | $154,991 | 137 | $1,355,728 | Sep 4 | Moviestore Entertainment | false |
| 31 | Witness in the War Zone | - | - | - | $141,211 | 46 | $141,211 | Sep 11 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 32 | In the Mood | - | - | - | $77,637 | 361 | $999,382 | Sep 16 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 33 | Apocalypse Now 1987 Re-release | - | - | - | $46,235 | 6 | $61,211 | Aug 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 34 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | - | - | - | $39,840 | 27 | $1,408,491 | Sep 11 | Miramax | false |
| 35 | Orphans | - | - | - | $21,674 | 25 | $252,430 | Sep 18 | Lorimar Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Matewan | - | - | - | $16,761 | 42 | $1,680,358 | Aug 28 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
