| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Driving Miss Daisy | - | - | - | $77,533,890 | 1,668 | $106,593,296 | Dec 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | The Hunt for Red October | - | - | - | $72,473,635 | 1,817 | $122,012,643 | Mar 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Born on the Fourth of July | - | - | - | $65,542,460 | 1,434 | $70,001,698 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | The War of the Roses | - | - | - | $47,917,942 | 1,559 | $86,888,546 | Dec 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Hard to Kill | - | - | - | $47,410,827 | 1,508 | $47,410,827 | Feb 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Tango & Cash | - | - | - | $45,934,115 | 1,575 | $63,408,614 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Steel Magnolias | - | - | - | $41,941,767 | 1,372 | $83,759,091 | Nov 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Little Mermaid | - | - | - | $39,314,519 | 1,533 | $84,355,863 | Nov 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Always | - | - | - | $32,905,300 | 1,206 | $43,858,790 | Dec 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Joe Versus the Volcano | - | - | - | $28,633,222 | 1,802 | $39,404,261 | Mar 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Internal Affairs | - | - | - | $27,734,391 | 986 | $27,734,391 | Jan 12 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Look Who's Talking | - | - | - | $26,633,011 | 1,651 | $140,088,813 | Oct 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 13 | Back to the Future Part II | - | - | - | $24,857,807 | 2,107 | $118,811,197 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | Glory | - | - | - | $23,493,632 | 811 | $26,828,365 | Dec 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | Madhouse | - | - | - | $21,036,771 | 1,555 | $21,036,771 | Feb 16 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Pretty Woman | - | - | - | $20,769,041 | 1,811 | $178,406,268 | Mar 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Stella | - | - | - | $20,240,128 | 1,393 | $20,240,128 | Feb 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 18 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | - | - | - | $17,567,943 | 1,950 | $71,319,526 | Dec 1 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Tremors | - | - | - | $16,667,084 | 1,477 | $16,667,084 | Jan 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Revenge | - | - | - | $15,645,616 | 1,382 | $15,645,616 | Feb 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 21 | House Party | - | - | - | $15,023,233 | 700 | $26,385,627 | Mar 9 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 22 | Blaze | - | - | - | $10,812,596 | 970 | $19,131,246 | Dec 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Bad Influence | - | - | - | $10,745,703 | 1,300 | $12,626,043 | Mar 9 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 24 | Lord of the Flies | - | - | - | $9,653,426 | 919 | $13,985,225 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 25 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | - | - | - | $9,189,354 | 2,377 | $135,265,915 | Mar 30 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 26 | Nightbreed | - | - | - | $8,862,354 | 1,488 | $8,862,354 | Feb 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Ski Patrol | - | - | - | $8,533,973 | 565 | $8,533,973 | Jan 12 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 28 | Enemies, A Love Story | - | - | - | $7,284,081 | 75 | $7,754,571 | Dec 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 29 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $7,044,985 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 30 | Harlem Nights | - | - | - | $6,820,461 | 2,180 | $60,864,870 | Nov 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 31 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | - | - | - | $6,815,627 | 1,591 | $27,100,027 | Nov 17 | United Artists | false |
| 32 | The Wizard | - | - | - | $6,592,697 | 1,204 | $14,278,900 | Dec 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 33 | Flashback | - | - | - | $6,488,114 | 875 | $6,488,114 | Feb 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 34 | Blue Steel | - | - | - | $6,482,676 | 1,307 | $8,217,997 | Mar 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 35 | Roger & Me | - | - | - | $6,420,784 | 265 | $6,706,368 | Dec 22 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Men Don't Leave | - | - | - | $6,070,725 | 802 | $6,070,725 | Feb 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 37 | Stanley & Iris | - | - | - | $5,820,015 | 907 | $5,820,015 | Feb 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 38 | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III | - | - | - | $5,765,562 | 1,107 | $5,765,562 | Jan 12 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 39 | Loose Cannons | - | - | - | $5,585,154 | 1,214 | $5,585,154 | Feb 9 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 40 | Music Box | - | - | - | $5,556,112 | 462 | $6,263,883 | Dec 22 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 41 | She-Devil | - | - | - | $5,504,796 | 1,452 | $15,351,421 | Dec 8 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Handmaid's Tale | - | - | - | $4,960,385 | 177 | $4,960,385 | Mar 9 | Cinecom Pictures | false |
| 43 | Family Business | - | - | - | $4,756,699 | 1,230 | $12,195,695 | Dec 15 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 44 | Parenthood | - | - | - | $4,474,256 | 1,399 | $100,047,830 | Aug 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | Lambada | - | - | - | $4,263,112 | 1,117 | $4,263,112 | Mar 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Heart Condition | - | - | - | $4,134,992 | 885 | $4,134,992 | Feb 2 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 47 | We're No Angels | - | - | - | $3,644,491 | 1,495 | $10,555,348 | Dec 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 48 | A Shock to the System | - | - | - | $3,417,056 | 345 | $3,417,056 | Mar 23 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 49 | Nuns on the Run | - | - | - | $2,867,357 | 702 | $10,959,015 | Mar 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | Blind Fury | - | - | - | $2,692,037 | 353 | $2,692,037 | Mar 16 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 51 | Downtown | - | - | - | $2,346,150 | 349 | $2,346,150 | Jan 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 52 | The Forbidden Dance | - | - | - | $1,823,154 | 637 | $1,823,154 | Mar 16 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 53 | The Last of the Finest | - | - | - | $1,531,489 | 424 | $1,531,489 | Mar 9 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 54 | Cinema Paradiso | - | - | - | $1,439,568 | 124 | $11,990,401 | Feb 2 | Miramax | false |
| 55 | Courage Mountain | - | - | - | $1,393,610 | 506 | $1,393,610 | Feb 16 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 56 | Everybody Wins | - | - | - | $1,372,350 | 451 | $1,372,350 | Jan 19 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 57 | Apartment Zero | - | - | - | $1,238,561 | 22 | $1,267,578 | Sep 15 | Skouras Pictures | false |
| 58 | Opportunity Knocks | - | - | - | $1,231,284 | 1,275 | $11,359,129 | Mar 30 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 59 | Where the Heart Is | - | - | - | $1,106,475 | 235 | $1,106,475 | Feb 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 60 | The Fourth War | - | - | - | $1,080,423 | 1,005 | $1,305,887 | Mar 23 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 61 | Sweetie | - | - | - | $938,065 | 1 | $938,065 | Jan 19 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 62 | The Blood of Heroes | - | - | - | $882,290 | 318 | $882,290 | Feb 23 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 63 | Angel Town | - | - | - | $855,810 | 55 | $855,810 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 64 | Coupe de Ville | - | - | - | $715,983 | 170 | $715,983 | Mar 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 65 | For All Mankind | - | - | - | $715,957 | 9 | $770,132 | Nov 1 | Apollo Associates | false |
| 66 | Strike It Rich | - | - | - | $541,626 | 206 | $541,626 | Jan 26 | Miramax | false |
| 67 | Akira | - | - | - | $427,471 | 2 | $439,162 | Dec 25 | - | false |
| 68 | Triumph of the Spirit | - | - | - | $362,270 | 40 | $408,839 | Dec 8 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 69 | Mountains of the Moon | - | - | - | $99,574 | 187 | $4,011,793 | Feb 23 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 70 | Streets | - | - | - | $86,708 | 77 | $1,510,053 | Jan 19 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 71 | Speaking Parts | - | - | - | $76,609 | 1 | $76,609 | Feb 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 72 | Too Beautiful for You | - | - | - | $52,120 | 29 | $1,776,440 | Mar 2 | Orion Classics | false |
| 73 | Spontaneous Combustion | - | - | - | $50,367 | 50 | $50,367 | Feb 23 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 74 | Body Chemistry | - | - | - | $49,051 | 91 | $2,415,312 | Mar 9 | Concorde Pictures | false |
