| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Sea of Love | - | - | - | $26,127,112 | 1,439 | $58,571,513 | Sep 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Uncle Buck | - | - | - | $24,531,807 | 1,835 | $66,758,538 | Aug 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Parenthood | - | - | - | $24,512,797 | 1,399 | $100,047,830 | Aug 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | When Harry Met Sally... | - | - | - | $16,896,758 | 1,174 | $92,823,546 | Jul 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Abyss | - | - | - | $15,402,719 | 1,538 | $54,222,310 | Aug 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Black Rain | - | - | - | $15,180,266 | 1,760 | $46,212,055 | Sep 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 7 | Lethal Weapon 2 | - | - | - | $14,463,642 | 1,830 | $147,253,986 | Jul 7 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | - | - | - | $11,699,081 | 534 | $24,741,667 | Aug 4 | Miramax | false |
| 9 | Turner & Hooch | - | - | - | $11,324,078 | 1,888 | $71,079,915 | Jul 28 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | Dead Poets Society | - | - | - | $10,828,056 | 1,109 | $95,860,116 | Jun 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Kickboxer | - | - | - | $10,787,816 | 973 | $14,697,005 | Sep 8 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 12 | Batman | - | - | - | $10,645,974 | 2,201 | $251,188,924 | Jun 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | - | - | - | $10,333,559 | 2,327 | $197,171,806 | May 24 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Package | - | - | - | $8,048,824 | 460 | $10,647,219 | Aug 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | - | - | - | $7,290,611 | 1,498 | $130,724,172 | Jun 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Relentless | - | - | - | $6,985,999 | 836 | $6,985,999 | Sep 1 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 17 | Casualties of War | - | - | - | $6,817,869 | 1,487 | $18,671,317 | Aug 18 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | Shirley Valentine | - | - | - | $6,056,912 | 8 | $6,056,912 | Sep 1 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | Lock Up | - | - | - | $4,497,563 | 1,384 | $22,099,847 | Aug 4 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 20 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | - | - | - | $4,123,960 | 1,902 | $22,168,359 | Aug 11 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 21 | Millennium | - | - | - | $3,528,690 | 488 | $5,777,099 | Aug 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | The Adventures of Milo and Otis | - | - | - | $2,033,378 | 239 | $2,948,215 | Aug 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 23 | Cheetah | - | - | - | $2,031,501 | 1,321 | $8,153,677 | Aug 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 24 | Ghostbusters II | - | - | - | $2,010,619 | 2,410 | $112,494,738 | Jun 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | Bloodfist | - | - | - | $1,770,082 | 54 | $1,770,082 | Sep 22 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 26 | Cookie | - | - | - | $1,328,432 | 82 | $1,869,417 | Aug 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Johnny Handsome | - | - | - | $934,166 | 813 | $7,237,794 | Sep 29 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 28 | Distant Voices, Still Lives | - | - | - | $673,026 | 22 | $688,329 | Jul 28 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 29 | Let It Ride | - | - | - | $662,084 | 1,191 | $4,973,285 | Aug 18 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 30 | Heart of Dixie | - | - | - | $621,581 | 359 | $1,097,333 | Aug 25 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Little Monsters | - | - | - | $405,894 | 179 | $793,775 | Aug 25 | United Artists | false |
| 32 | A Dry White Season | - | - | - | $306,958 | 316 | $3,766,879 | Sep 20 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 33 | Wired | - | - | - | $220,000 | 745 | $1,089,000 | Aug 25 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 34 | The Big Picture | - | - | - | $117,463 | 8 | $117,463 | Sep 15 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 35 | Heavy Petting | - | - | - | $115,760 | 11 | $272,371 | Sep 22 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 36 | Erik the Viking | - | - | - | $95,426 | 269 | $1,932,642 | Sep 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 37 | In Country | - | - | - | $54,411 | 606 | $3,531,971 | Sep 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | $29,017 | 22 | $1,267,578 | Sep 15 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 39 | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | $23,225 | 4 | $232,981 | Sep 1 | First Run | false |
| 40 | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | - | - | - | $4,274 | 11 | $518,918 | Oct 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
