| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Field of Dreams | - | - | - | $64,532,235 | 1,100 | $531,346 | 0.8% | 22 | Apr 21 | Nov 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Pet Sematary | - | - | - | $57,469,467 | 1,585 | $12,046,179 | 21% | 1,585 | Apr 21 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | Major League | - | - | - | $49,797,148 | 1,615 | $8,836,265 | 17.7% | 1,541 | Apr 7 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | K-9 | - | - | - | $43,247,647 | 1,706 | $7,471,035 | 17.3% | 1,677 | Apr 28 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Dream Team | - | - | - | $28,890,240 | 1,459 | $5,704,860 | 19.7% | 1,316 | Apr 7 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Say Anything | - | - | - | $20,781,385 | 1,113 | $4,058,496 | 19.5% | 1,113 | Apr 14 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | She's Out of Control | - | - | - | $12,065,892 | 987 | $3,653,142 | 30.3% | 987 | Apr 14 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 8 | Cyborg | - | - | - | $10,166,459 | 830 | $3,179,811 | 31.3% | 830 | Apr 7 | - | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 9 | Criminal Law | - | - | - | $9,974,446 | 1,166 | $2,636,091 | 26.4% | 1,166 | Apr 28 | - | Hemdale | false |
| 10 | Scandal | - | - | - | $8,800,000 | 371 | $658,660 | 7.5% | 94 | Apr 28 | - | Miramax | false |
| 11 | Dead Calm | - | - | - | $7,825,009 | 959 | $2,463,551 | 31.5% | 959 | Apr 7 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Disorganized Crime | - | - | - | $7,723,506 | 1,462 | $2,840,166 | 36.8% | 1,462 | Apr 14 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 13 | See You in the Morning | - | - | - | $4,795,009 | 743 | $1,832,536 | 38.2% | 743 | Apr 21 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Red Scorpion | - | - | - | $4,192,440 | 1,268 | $1,972,994 | 47.1% | 1,268 | Apr 21 | May 4 | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment | false |
| 15 | Loverboy | - | - | - | $3,960,327 | 1,089 | $1,653,102 | 41.7% | 1,089 | Apr 28 | - | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 16 | Speed Zone | - | - | - | $3,077,361 | 1,195 | $1,475,494 | 47.9% | 1,195 | Apr 21 | - | Orion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Winter People | - | - | - | $2,023,282 | 298 | $743,032 | 36.7% | 298 | Apr 14 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 18 | Miss Firecracker | - | - | - | $1,852,655 | 211 | $45,293 | 2.4% | 6 | Apr 28 | Jul 27 | Corsair Pictures | false |
| 19 | House III: The Horror Show | - | - | - | $1,738,897 | 444 | $773,348 | 44.5% | 444 | Apr 28 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 20 | Little Vera | - | - | - | $1,262,598 | 23 | $23,950 | 1.9% | 1 | Apr 14 | Oct 26 | International Film Exchange (IFEX) | false |
| 21 | Wuthering Heights | - | - | - | $624,643 | 7 | $15,493 | 2.5% | 1 | Apr 7 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 22 | Under the Boardwalk | - | - | - | $147,542 | 65 | $73,406 | 49.8% | 65 | Apr 14 | Apr 27 | New World Pictures | false |
| 23 | Checking Out | - | - | - | $30,877 | 8 | $12,730 | 41.2% | 1 | Apr 21 | May 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Teen Witch | - | - | - | $27,843 | 17 | $3,875 | 13.9% | 17 | Apr 21 | - | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | false |
