| Rank | Release Group
| Worldwide | Domestic | % | Foreign | % |
|---|
| 1 | Rain Man | $354,825,435 | $172,825,435 | 48.7% | $182,000,000 | 51.3% |
| 2 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $329,803,958 | $156,452,370 | 47.4% | $173,351,588 | 52.6% |
| 3 | Coming to America | $288,752,301 | $128,152,301 | 44.4% | $160,600,000 | 55.6% |
| 4 | Crocodile Dundee II | $239,606,210 | $109,306,210 | 45.6% | $130,300,000 | 54.4% |
| 5 | Dead Poets Society | $235,860,116 | $95,860,116 | 40.6% | $140,000,000 | 59.4% |
| 6 | Twins | $216,614,388 | $111,938,388 | 51.7% | $104,676,000 | 48.3% |
| 7 | Rambo III | $189,015,611 | $53,715,611 | 28.4% | $135,300,000 | 71.6% |
| 8 | Cocktail | $171,504,781 | $78,222,753 | 45.6% | $93,282,028 | 54.4% |
| 9 | Big | $151,668,774 | $114,968,774 | 75.8% | $36,700,000 | 24.2% |
| 10 | Die Hard | $140,767,956 | $83,008,852 | 59% | $57,759,104 | 41% |
| 11 | Working Girl | $102,953,112 | $63,779,477 | 62% | $39,173,635 | 38% |
| 12 | The Land Before Time | $84,460,846 | $48,092,846 | 56.9% | $36,368,000 | 43.1% |
| 13 | Midnight Run | $81,613,606 | $38,413,606 | 47.1% | $43,200,000 | 52.9% |
| 14 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $78,756,177 | $78,756,177 | 100% | - | - |
| 15 | Beetlejuice | $73,707,461 | $73,707,461 | 100% | - | - |
| 16 | A Fish Called Wanda | $62,493,712 | $62,493,712 | 100% | - | - |
| 17 | Gorillas in the Mist | $61,149,479 | $24,720,479 | 40.4% | $36,429,000 | 59.6% |
| 18 | Scrooged | $60,328,558 | $60,328,558 | 100% | - | - |
| 19 | Willow | $57,269,863 | $57,269,863 | 100% | - | - |
| 20 | Beaches | $57,041,866 | $57,041,866 | 100% | - | - |
| 21 | Oliver & Company | $53,279,055 | $53,279,055 | 100% | - | - |
| 22 | Biloxi Blues | $51,684,798 | $43,184,798 | 83.6% | $8,500,000 | 16.4% |
| 23 | Bull Durham | $50,888,729 | $50,888,729 | 100% | - | - |
| 24 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | $49,369,899 | $49,369,899 | 100% | - | - |
| 25 | Colors | $46,616,067 | $46,616,067 | 100% | - | - |
| 26 | Young Guns | $45,661,556 | $45,661,556 | 100% | - | - |
| 27 | Child's Play | $44,196,684 | $33,244,684 | 75.2% | $10,952,000 | 24.8% |
| 28 | The Great Outdoors | $43,455,230 | $41,455,230 | 95.4% | $2,000,000 | 4.6% |
| 29 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $42,039,085 | $42,039,085 | 100% | - | - |
| 30 | Tequila Sunrise | $41,292,551 | $41,292,551 | 100% | - | - |
| 31 | Big Business | $40,150,487 | $40,150,487 | 100% | - | - |
| 32 | Bambi 1988 Re-release | $39,047,150 | $39,047,150 | 100% | - | - |
| 33 | The Dead Pool | $37,903,295 | $37,903,295 | 100% | - | - |
| 34 | Red Heat | $34,994,648 | $34,994,648 | 100% | - | - |
| 35 | Dangerous Liaisons | $34,670,720 | $34,670,720 | 100% | - | - |
| 36 | Mississippi Burning | $34,603,943 | $34,603,943 | 100% | - | - |
| 37 | The Accidental Tourist | $32,632,093 | $32,632,093 | 100% | - | - |
| 38 | Alien Nation | $32,155,047 | $25,216,243 | 78.4% | $6,938,804 | 21.6% |
| 39 | The Accused | $32,078,318 | $32,078,318 | 100% | - | - |
| 40 | Shoot to Kill | $29,300,090 | $29,300,090 | 100% | - | - |
| 41 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $28,202,109 | $28,202,109 | 100% | - | - |
| 42 | Betrayed | $25,816,139 | $25,816,139 | 100% | - | - |
| 43 | Funny Farm | $25,537,221 | $25,537,221 | 100% | - | - |
| 44 | Cocoon: The Return | $25,024,919 | $18,924,919 | 75.6% | $6,100,000 | 24.4% |
| 45 | The Fox and the Hound 1988 Re-release | $23,556,988 | $23,556,988 | 100% | - | - |
| 46 | License to Drive | $22,433,275 | $22,433,275 | 100% | - | - |
| 47 | Short Circuit 2 | $21,630,088 | $21,630,088 | 100% | - | - |
| 48 | Married to the Mob | $21,486,757 | $21,486,757 | 100% | - | - |
| 49 | Punchline | $21,042,667 | $21,042,667 | 100% | - | - |
| 50 | The Presidio | $20,324,096 | $20,324,096 | 100% | - | - |
| 51 | Action Jackson | $20,256,975 | $20,256,975 | 100% | - | - |
| 52 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | $19,652,638 | $19,652,638 | 100% | - | - |
| 53 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | $19,595,031 | $19,595,031 | 100% | - | - |
| 54 | Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach | $19,510,371 | $19,510,371 | 100% | - | - |
| 55 | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood | $19,170,001 | $19,170,001 | 100% | - | - |
| 56 | The Seventh Sign | $18,875,011 | $18,875,011 | 100% | - | - |
| 57 | Above the Law | $18,869,631 | $18,869,631 | 100% | - | - |
| 58 | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | $17,768,757 | $17,768,757 | 100% | - | - |
| 59 | Frantic | $17,637,950 | $17,637,950 | 100% | - | - |
| 60 | Johnny Be Good | $17,550,399 | $17,550,399 | 100% | - | - |
| 61 | For Keeps? | $17,514,553 | $17,514,553 | 100% | - | - |
| 62 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,415 | $16,262,415 | 100% | - | - |
| 63 | Bright Lights, Big City | $16,118,077 | $16,118,077 | 100% | - | - |
| 64 | She's Having a Baby | $16,031,707 | $16,031,707 | 100% | - | - |
| 65 | Masquerade | $15,855,828 | $15,855,828 | 100% | - | - |
| 66 | Big Top Pee-wee | $15,122,324 | $15,122,324 | 100% | - | - |
| 67 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | $14,681,192 | $14,681,192 | 100% | - | - |
| 68 | School Daze | $14,545,844 | $14,545,844 | 100% | - | - |
| 69 | Poltergeist III | $14,114,488 | $14,114,488 | 100% | - | - |
| 70 | Stand and Deliver | $13,994,920 | $13,994,920 | 100% | - | - |
| 71 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $13,854,000 | $13,854,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 72 | The Milagro Beanfield War | $13,825,794 | $13,825,794 | 100% | - | - |
| 73 | Return to Snowy River | $13,687,027 | $13,687,027 | 100% | - | - |
| 74 | Vice Versa | $13,664,060 | $13,664,060 | 100% | - | - |
| 75 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $13,030,057 | $13,030,057 | 100% | - | - |
| 76 | They Live | $13,008,928 | $13,008,928 | 100% | - | - |
| 77 | Mystic Pizza | $12,793,213 | $12,793,213 | 100% | - | - |
| 78 | D.O.A. | $12,706,478 | $12,706,478 | 100% | - | - |
| 79 | Everybody's All-American | $12,638,294 | $12,638,294 | 100% | - | - |
| 80 | Casual Sex? | $12,277,096 | $12,277,096 | 100% | - | - |
| 81 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | $12,090,735 | $12,090,735 | 100% | - | - |
| 82 | Bloodsport | $11,806,119 | $11,806,119 | 100% | - | - |
| 83 | Caddyshack II | $11,798,302 | $11,798,302 | 100% | - | - |
| 84 | Moon Over Parador | $11,444,204 | $11,444,204 | 100% | - | - |
| 85 | The Couch Trip | $11,005,304 | $11,005,304 | 100% | - | - |
| 86 | Moving | $10,815,378 | $10,815,378 | 100% | - | - |
| 87 | Iron Eagle II | $10,497,324 | $10,497,324 | 100% | - | - |
| 88 | Shakedown | $10,068,039 | $10,068,039 | 100% | - | - |
| 89 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | $10,006,806 | $10,006,806 | 100% | - | - |
| 90 | Bad Dreams | $9,797,098 | $9,797,098 | 100% | - | - |
| 91 | Return of the Living Dead II | $9,205,924 | $9,205,924 | 100% | - | - |
| 92 | Switching Channels | $9,129,999 | $9,129,999 | 100% | - | - |
| 93 | Salsa | $8,892,589 | $8,892,589 | 100% | - | - |
| 94 | Clean and Sober | $8,674,093 | $8,674,093 | 100% | - | - |
| 95 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $8,600,823 | $8,600,823 | 100% | - | - |
| 96 | High Spirits | $8,578,231 | $8,578,231 | 100% | - | - |
| 97 | Without a Clue | $8,539,181 | $8,539,181 | 100% | - | - |
| 98 | The Last Temptation of Christ | $8,373,585 | $8,373,585 | 100% | - | - |
| 99 | Satisfaction | $8,253,123 | $8,253,123 | 100% | - | - |
| 100 | The Blob | $8,247,943 | $8,247,943 | 100% | - | - |
| 101 | Dead Ringers | $8,038,508 | $8,038,508 | 100% | - | - |
| 102 | A New Life | $7,721,852 | $7,721,852 | 100% | - | - |
| 103 | Stealing Home | $7,467,504 | $7,467,504 | 100% | - | - |
| 104 | Phantasm II | $7,282,851 | $7,282,851 | 100% | - | - |
| 105 | Off Limits | $7,242,035 | $7,242,035 | 100% | - | - |
| 106 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | $7,179,298 | $7,179,298 | 100% | - | - |
| 107 | A Cry in the Dark | $6,908,797 | $6,908,797 | 100% | - | - |
| 108 | Hairspray | $6,671,108 | $6,671,108 | 100% | - | - |
| 109 | Fresh Horses | $6,640,346 | $6,640,346 | 100% | - | - |
| 110 | Hot to Trot | $6,436,211 | $6,436,211 | 100% | - | - |
| 111 | Mac and Me | $6,424,112 | $6,424,112 | 100% | - | - |
| 112 | The Unholy | $6,337,299 | $6,337,299 | 100% | - | - |
| 113 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | $6,264,058 | $6,264,058 | 100% | - | - |
| 114 | Braddock: Missing in Action III | $6,193,901 | $6,193,901 | 100% | - | - |
| 115 | 1969 | $5,979,011 | $5,979,011 | 100% | - | - |
| 116 | The Rescue | $5,855,392 | $5,855,392 | 100% | - | - |
| 117 | Eight Men Out | $5,680,515 | $5,680,515 | 100% | - | - |
| 118 | Elvira: Mistress of the Dark | $5,596,267 | $5,596,267 | 100% | - | - |
| 119 | Heartbreak Hotel | $5,509,417 | $5,509,417 | 100% | - | - |
| 120 | Monkey Shines | $5,344,577 | $5,344,577 | 100% | - | - |
| 121 | Hero and the Terror | $5,301,200 | $5,301,200 | 100% | - | - |
| 122 | Clara's Heart | $5,194,491 | $5,194,491 | 100% | - | - |
| 123 | Torch Song Trilogy | $4,868,450 | $4,865,997 | 99.9% | $2,453 | <0.1% |
| 124 | The Good Mother | $4,764,606 | $4,764,606 | 100% | - | - |
| 125 | Sunset | $4,594,452 | $4,594,452 | 100% | - | - |
| 126 | Au Revoir les Enfants | $4,542,825 | $4,542,825 | 100% | - | - |
| 127 | Babette's Feast | $4,398,938 | $4,398,938 | 100% | - | - |
| 128 | Bat*21 | $3,966,256 | $3,966,256 | 100% | - | - |
| 129 | Memories of Me | $3,965,604 | $3,965,604 | 100% | - | - |
| 130 | Feds | $3,838,793 | $3,838,793 | 100% | - | - |
| 131 | Critters 2 | $3,813,293 | $3,813,293 | 100% | - | - |
| 132 | Sweet Hearts Dance | $3,790,493 | $3,790,493 | 100% | - | - |
| 133 | Imagine: John Lennon | $3,754,125 | $3,753,977 | 100% | $148 | <0.1% |
| 134 | Dead Heat | $3,588,626 | $3,588,626 | 100% | - | - |
| 135 | Bagdad Cafe | $3,587,303 | $3,587,303 | 100% | - | - |
| 136 | Tougher Than Leather | $3,582,760 | $3,582,760 | 100% | - | - |
| 137 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | $3,569,939 | $3,569,939 | 100% | - | - |
| 138 | Madame Sousatzka | $3,548,238 | $3,548,238 | 100% | - | - |
| 139 | Things Change | $3,527,886 | $3,527,886 | 100% | - | - |
| 140 | The Big Blue | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 141 | Talk Radio | $3,468,572 | $3,468,572 | 100% | - | - |
| 142 | Pumpkinhead | $3,385,516 | $3,385,516 | 100% | - | - |
| 143 | Wings of Desire | $3,212,686 | $3,210,139 | 99.9% | $2,547 | <0.1% |
| 144 | Night of the Demons | $3,109,904 | $3,109,904 | 100% | - | - |
| 145 | White Mischief | $3,107,551 | $3,107,551 | 100% | - | - |
| 146 | Dominick and Eugene | $3,076,031 | $3,076,031 | 100% | - | - |
| 147 | Messenger of Death | $3,074,681 | $3,074,681 | 100% | - | - |
| 148 | Running on Empty | $2,835,116 | $2,835,116 | 100% | - | - |
| 149 | The Manchurian Candidate 1988 Re-release | $2,757,256 | $2,757,256 | 100% | - | - |
| 150 | 18 Again! | $2,567,099 | $2,567,099 | 100% | - | - |
| 151 | Kansas | $2,432,536 | $2,432,536 | 100% | - | - |
| 152 | A World Apart | $2,326,860 | $2,326,860 | 100% | - | - |
| 153 | Bird | $2,181,286 | $2,181,286 | 100% | - | - |
| 154 | Hello Bombay! | $2,080,046 | $2,080,046 | 100% | - | - |
| 155 | Pelle the Conqueror | $2,053,931 | $2,053,931 | 100% | - | - |
| 156 | The Moderns | $2,011,497 | $2,011,497 | 100% | - | - |
| 157 | Vibes | $1,883,811 | $1,883,811 | 100% | - | - |
| 158 | Stormy Monday | $1,791,328 | $1,791,328 | 100% | - | - |
| 159 | Little Nikita | $1,733,070 | $1,733,070 | 100% | - | - |
| 160 | Lady in White | $1,705,139 | $1,705,139 | 100% | - | - |
| 161 | Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh | $1,577,480 | $1,577,480 | 100% | - | - |
| 162 | Another Woman | $1,562,749 | $1,562,749 | 100% | - | - |
| 163 | A Handful of Dust | $1,560,700 | $1,560,700 | 100% | - | - |
| 164 | Two Moon Junction | $1,547,397 | $1,547,397 | 100% | - | - |
| 165 | Pascali's Island | $1,451,857 | $1,451,857 | 100% | - | - |
| 166 | Midnight Crossing | $1,328,001 | $1,328,001 | 100% | - | - |
| 167 | Patty Hearst | $1,223,326 | $1,223,326 | 100% | - | - |
| 168 | Mr. North | $1,221,366 | $1,221,366 | 100% | - | - |
| 169 | A Time of Destiny | $1,212,487 | $1,212,487 | 100% | - | - |
| 170 | The Thin Blue Line | $1,209,846 | $1,209,846 | 100% | - | - |
| 171 | The Lair of the White Worm | $1,189,315 | $1,189,315 | 100% | - | - |
| 172 | The Wrong Guys | $1,152,786 | $1,152,786 | 100% | - | - |
| 173 | Aria | $1,028,679 | $1,028,679 | 100% | - | - |
| 174 | Little Dorrit | $1,025,228 | $1,025,228 | 100% | - | - |
| 175 | Five Corners | $969,205 | $969,205 | 100% | - | - |
| 176 | Appointment with Death | $960,040 | $960,040 | 100% | - | - |
| 177 | Watchers | $940,173 | $940,173 | 100% | - | - |
| 178 | Julia and Julia | $901,364 | $901,364 | 100% | - | - |
| 179 | Boyfriends and Girlfriends | $823,243 | $823,243 | 100% | - | - |
| 180 | Waxwork | $808,114 | $808,114 | 100% | - | - |
| 181 | Bulletproof | $807,947 | $807,947 | 100% | - | - |
| 182 | Sister, Sister | $743,445 | $743,445 | 100% | - | - |
| 183 | And God Created Woman | $717,376 | $717,376 | 100% | - | - |
| 184 | Split Decisions | $695,822 | $695,822 | 100% | - | - |
| 185 | Maniac Cop | $671,382 | $671,382 | 100% | - | - |
| 186 | Spellbinder | $657,446 | $657,446 | 100% | - | - |
| 187 | Da | $644,532 | $644,532 | 100% | - | - |
| 188 | Spike of Bensonhurst | $623,112 | $623,112 | 100% | - | - |
| 189 | Powaqqatsi | $589,244 | $589,244 | 100% | - | - |
| 190 | Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | $586,938 | $586,938 | 100% | - | - |
| 191 | Buster | $540,000 | $540,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 192 | The House on Carroll Street | $459,824 | $459,824 | 100% | - | - |
| 193 | Full Moon in Blue Water | $450,726 | $450,726 | 100% | - | - |
| 194 | Track 29 | $429,028 | $429,028 | 100% | - | - |
| 195 | Tiger Warsaw | $422,667 | $422,667 | 100% | - | - |
| 196 | Aloha Summer | $418,379 | $418,379 | 100% | - | - |
| 197 | Some Girls | $401,421 | $401,421 | 100% | - | - |
| 198 | The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | $373,743 | $373,743 | 100% | - | - |
| 199 | Gandahar | $370,698 | $370,698 | 100% | - | - |
| 200 | The Family | $346,730 | $346,730 | 100% | - | - |
| 201 | The Deceivers | $346,297 | $346,297 | 100% | - | - |
| 202 | Prison | $345,704 | $345,704 | 100% | - | - |
| 203 | It Takes Two | $344,375 | $344,375 | 100% | - | - |
| 204 | Tapeheads | $343,786 | $343,786 | 100% | - | - |
| 205 | World Gone Wild | $323,947 | $323,947 | 100% | - | - |
| 206 | Promised Land | $316,199 | $316,199 | 100% | - | - |
| 207 | The Chocolate War | $303,624 | $303,624 | 100% | - | - |
| 208 | Rent-a-Cop | $295,000 | $295,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 209 | Plain Clothes | $289,323 | $289,323 | 100% | - | - |
| 210 | Illegally Yours | $259,019 | $259,019 | 100% | - | - |
| 211 | Call Me | $251,819 | $251,819 | 100% | - | - |
| 212 | Judgement in Berlin | $229,556 | $229,556 | 100% | - | - |
| 213 | Bellman and True | $226,944 | $226,944 | 100% | - | - |
| 214 | The Year My Voice Broke | $213,901 | $213,901 | 100% | - | - |
| 215 | Beatrice | $211,821 | $211,821 | 100% | - | - |
| 216 | Matador | $210,318 | $206,952 | 98.4% | $3,366 | 1.6% |
| 217 | Eat the Rich | $200,723 | $200,723 | 100% | - | - |
| 218 | Mondo New York | $193,209 | $193,209 | 100% | - | - |
| 219 | Miles from Home | $188,964 | $188,964 | 100% | - | - |
| 220 | Rocket Gibraltar | $187,349 | $187,349 | 100% | - | - |
| 221 | Seven Hours to Judgment | $177,820 | $177,820 | 100% | - | - |
| 222 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | $174,380 | $174,380 | 100% | - | - |
| 223 | Pass the Ammo | $169,785 | $169,785 | 100% | - | - |
| 224 | The Blue Iguana | $161,398 | $161,398 | 100% | - | - |
| 225 | The Beast of War | $161,004 | $161,004 | 100% | - | - |
| 226 | Taffin | $159,969 | $159,969 | 100% | - | - |
| 227 | Gor | $159,731 | $159,731 | 100% | - | - |
| 228 | Distant Thunder | $156,188 | $156,188 | 100% | - | - |
| 229 | Hanna's War | $139,796 | $139,796 | 100% | - | - |
| 230 | The In Crowd | $136,567 | $136,567 | 100% | - | - |
| 231 | Consuming Passions | $118,206 | $118,206 | 100% | - | - |
| 232 | The Kitchen Toto | $101,807 | $101,807 | 100% | - | - |
| 233 | The Telephone | $99,978 | $99,978 | 100% | - | - |
| 234 | Amsterdamned | $98,003 | $98,003 | 100% | - | - |
| 235 | Ghost Town | $75,000 | $75,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 236 | King Lear | $61,821 | $61,821 | 100% | - | - |
| 237 | Love at Stake | $61,789 | $61,789 | 100% | - | - |
| 238 | Pulse | $40,397 | $40,397 | 100% | - | - |
| 239 | A Killing Affair | $35,000 | $35,000 | 100% | - | - |
| 240 | The Lighthorsemen | $33,779 | $33,779 | 100% | - | - |
| 241 | Doin' Time on Planet Earth | $29,576 | $29,576 | 100% | - | - |
| 242 | We Think the World of You | $20,998 | $20,998 | 100% | - | - |
| 243 | Puss in Boots | $12,951 | $12,951 | 100% | - | - |
| 244 | Haunted Summer | $9,911 | $9,911 | 100% | - | - |
| 245 | Missing Link | $6,127 | $6,127 | 100% | - | - |
| 246 | The Prince of Pennsylvania | $5,415 | $5,415 | 100% | - | - |
| 247 | When the Wind Blows | $5,274 | $5,274 | 100% | - | - |
| 248 | After School | $3,967 | $3,967 | 100% | - | - |
| 249 | State Park | $421 | $421 | 100% | - | - |
