| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Ghost | - | - | - | $36,077,137 | 1,766 | $217,631,306 | Jul 13 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 2 | Postcards from the Edge | - | - | - | $21,453,612 | 1,323 | $39,071,603 | Sep 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | Presumed Innocent | - | - | - | $17,448,166 | 1,451 | $86,303,188 | Jul 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | Flatliners | - | - | - | $17,213,027 | 1,483 | $61,489,265 | Aug 10 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Darkman | - | - | - | $13,324,462 | 1,833 | $33,878,502 | Aug 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Goodfellas | - | - | - | $12,418,200 | 1,328 | $46,836,214 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Problem Child | - | - | - | $11,656,629 | 1,769 | $53,470,891 | Jul 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Death Warrant | - | - | - | $10,990,759 | 1,090 | $16,853,487 | Sep 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 9 | Young Guns II | - | - | - | $9,424,637 | 1,770 | $44,143,410 | Aug 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 10 | Taking Care of Business | - | - | - | $9,193,619 | 1,176 | $20,005,435 | Aug 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Die Hard 2 | - | - | - | $9,161,048 | 2,507 | $117,540,947 | Jul 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | My Blue Heaven | - | - | - | $8,240,418 | 1,868 | $23,591,472 | Aug 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Men at Work | - | - | - | $8,073,052 | 1,035 | $16,247,964 | Aug 24 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 14 | Air America | - | - | - | $7,748,209 | 1,902 | $31,053,601 | Aug 10 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Exorcist III | - | - | - | $7,580,376 | 1,414 | $26,098,824 | Aug 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Pump Up the Volume | - | - | - | $7,390,357 | 821 | $11,541,758 | Aug 24 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 17 | Wild at Heart | - | - | - | $7,246,588 | 625 | $14,560,247 | Aug 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 18 | The Witches | - | - | - | $6,519,941 | 879 | $10,360,553 | Aug 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Narrow Margin | - | - | - | $5,730,601 | 1,253 | $10,873,237 | Sep 21 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 20 | Hardware | - | - | - | $5,728,953 | 695 | $5,728,953 | Sep 14 | Miramax | false |
| 21 | Funny About Love | - | - | - | $4,532,030 | 1,213 | $8,141,292 | Sep 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 22 | Pacific Heights | - | - | - | $3,842,820 | 1,291 | $29,381,956 | Sep 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 23 | Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | - | - | - | $3,814,088 | 909 | $6,698,361 | Aug 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 24 | Total Recall | - | - | - | $3,186,544 | 2,131 | $119,394,840 | Jun 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 25 | The Lemon Sisters | - | - | - | $3,157,715 | 598 | $3,473,905 | Aug 31 | Miramax | false |
| 26 | White Hunter Black Heart | - | - | - | $2,319,124 | 78 | $2,319,124 | Sep 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | After Dark, My Sweet | - | - | - | $2,269,095 | 153 | $2,678,414 | Aug 24 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 28 | Jesus of Montreal | - | - | - | $1,575,522 | 21 | $1,601,612 | May 25 | Orion Classics | false |
| 29 | May Fools | - | - | - | $1,542,130 | 30 | $1,576,702 | Jun 22 | Orion Classics | false |
| 30 | Repossessed | - | - | - | $1,382,462 | 115 | $1,382,462 | Sep 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 31 | Slumber Party Massacre III | - | - | - | $1,242,995 | 81 | $1,242,995 | Sep 7 | Concorde Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Boyfriend School | - | - | - | $1,171,762 | 177 | $1,171,762 | Sep 21 | Hemdale | false |
| 33 | Dark Angel | - | - | - | $1,109,244 | 1,041 | $4,348,368 | Sep 28 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | false |
| 34 | State of Grace | - | - | - | $922,330 | 335 | $1,911,542 | Sep 14 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 35 | Texasville | - | - | - | $472,359 | 354 | $2,268,181 | Sep 28 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 36 | King of New York | - | - | - | $246,744 | 119 | $2,554,476 | Sep 28 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 37 | The Tall Guy | - | - | - | $124,925 | 41 | $510,712 | Sep 21 | Miramax | false |
| 38 | Miller's Crossing | - | - | - | $73,945 | 289 | $5,080,409 | Sep 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 39 | Fools of Fortune | - | - | - | $17,918 | 9 | $83,490 | Sep 14 | New Line Cinema | false |
