| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $11,189,102 | -44% | 30.4% | 1 | Rocky IV | $11,189,102 | 100% | 2 | United Artists | - |
| 2 | 7 | $8,927,053 | +439% | 24.3% | 4 | Spies Like Us | $8,614,039 | 96.5% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 5 | $5,685,455 | +166.4% | 15.5% | 3 | White Nights | $4,549,095 | 80% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $3,146,824 | -44.3% | 8.6% | 1 | Santa Claus: The Movie | $3,146,824 | 100% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 12 | $2,538,234 | +266.7% | 6.9% | 2 | Young Sherlock Holmes | $2,538,234 | 100% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $1,711,966 | -57.3% | 4.7% | 1 | One Magic Christmas | $1,711,966 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 3 | $1,556,519 | -65.4% | 4.2% | 3 | King Solomon's Mines | $1,500,882 | 96.4% | 3 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 8 | 6 | $985,468 | -53.6% | 2.7% | 1 | Back to the Future | $985,468 | 100% | 23 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $466,804 | -68.7% | 1.3% | 1 | Once Bitten | $466,804 | 100% | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 10 | 9 | $436,469 | -58% | 1.2% | 1 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $436,469 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 11 | 11 | $120,012 | -84.5% | 0.3% | 1 | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | $120,012 | 100% | 3 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
