| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Look Who's Talking | - | - | - | $53,774,436 | 1,651 | $140,088,813 | Oct 13 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 2 | Back to the Future Part II | - | - | - | $47,893,200 | 2,107 | $118,450,002 | Nov 22 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Harlem Nights | - | - | - | $37,341,962 | 2,180 | $60,864,870 | Nov 17 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Bear | - | - | - | $20,449,348 | 1,056 | $31,753,898 | Oct 27 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Little Mermaid | - | - | - | $18,079,297 | 1,533 | $84,355,863 | Nov 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 6 | Steel Magnolias | - | - | - | $17,829,076 | 1,372 | $83,759,091 | Nov 17 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 7 | Dad | - | - | - | $15,164,972 | 1,188 | $22,103,037 | Oct 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Shocker | - | - | - | $12,322,344 | 1,795 | $16,554,699 | Oct 27 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | - | - | - | $11,859,066 | 1,591 | $27,100,027 | Nov 17 | United Artists | false |
| 10 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | - | - | - | $10,198,289 | 525 | $18,254,702 | Oct 13 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 11 | Prancer | - | - | - | $8,729,598 | 1,728 | $18,587,135 | Nov 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 12 | Black Rain | - | - | - | $7,560,747 | 1,760 | $46,212,055 | Sep 22 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 13 | Next of Kin | - | - | - | $7,280,853 | 1,358 | $15,942,628 | Oct 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Sea of Love | - | - | - | $6,795,120 | 1,439 | $58,571,513 | Sep 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 15 | Gross Anatomy | - | - | - | $6,442,976 | 1,080 | $11,604,598 | Oct 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | - | - | - | $6,040,567 | 860 | $18,428,904 | Oct 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 17 | Second Sight | - | - | - | $5,368,865 | 815 | $5,368,865 | Nov 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Immediate Family | - | - | - | $4,372,377 | 836 | $5,932,613 | Oct 27 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Staying Together | - | - | - | $4,348,025 | 1,045 | $4,348,025 | Nov 10 | Hemdale | false |
| 20 | The Phantom of the Opera | - | - | - | $3,953,745 | 1,468 | $3,953,745 | Nov 3 | - | false |
| 21 | An Innocent Man | - | - | - | $3,927,292 | 1,561 | $20,047,604 | Oct 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | Parenthood | - | - | - | $3,815,195 | 1,399 | $100,047,830 | Aug 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 23 | Worth Winning | - | - | - | $2,275,723 | 1,260 | $3,690,328 | Oct 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Batman | - | - | - | $2,143,046 | 2,201 | $251,188,924 | Jun 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | Drugstore Cowboy | - | - | - | $2,066,646 | 87 | $4,729,352 | Oct 6 | Avenue Pictures Productions | false |
| 26 | Communion | - | - | - | $1,919,653 | 240 | $1,919,653 | Nov 10 | New Line Cinema | false |
| 27 | Best of the Best | - | - | - | $1,700,000 | 600 | $1,700,000 | Nov 10 | Taurus Entertainment Company | false |
| 28 | Erik the Viking | - | - | - | $1,275,901 | 269 | $1,932,642 | Sep 22 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 29 | Valmont | - | - | - | $1,132,112 | 7 | $1,132,112 | Nov 17 | Orion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers | - | - | - | $1,043,474 | 1,495 | $11,642,254 | Oct 13 | - | false |
| 31 | Crack House | - | - | - | $862,551 | 67 | $862,551 | Nov 10 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 32 | The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie | - | - | - | $363,561 | 40 | $363,561 | Nov 10 | Troma | false |
| 33 | Weapons of the Spirit | - | - | - | $209,756 | 4 | $232,981 | Sep 1 | First Run | false |
| 34 | Henry V | - | - | - | $207,549 | 134 | $10,161,099 | Nov 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 35 | After Midnight | - | - | - | $76,325 | 224 | $76,325 | Nov 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 36 | My Left Foot | - | - | - | $65,732 | 510 | $14,743,391 | Nov 10 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Survival Quest | - | - | - | $62,683 | 168 | $62,683 | Nov 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 38 | Ten Little Indians | - | - | - | $59,405 | 79 | $59,405 | Nov 10 | Cannon Film Distributors | false |
| 39 | For All Mankind | - | - | - | $50,794 | 9 | $770,132 | Nov 1 | Apollo Associates | false |
| 40 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | - | - | - | $43,671 | 5 | $43,671 | Nov 3 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 41 | Animal Behavior | - | - | - | $17,285 | 24 | $41,526 | Oct 27 | Miramax | false |
| 42 | High Stakes | - | - | - | $4,780 | 1 | $4,780 | Nov 17 | Trimark Pictures | false |
