| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $7,208,991 | -35.6% | 22.1% | 1 | Rocky IV | $7,208,991 | 100% | 3 | United Artists | - |
| 3 | 2 | $5,485,248 | -38.6% | 16.9% | 1 | Spies Like Us | $5,485,248 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $3,883,216 | -31.7% | 11.9% | 3 | White Nights | $3,138,677 | 80.8% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $3,591,435 | +41.5% | 11% | 2 | Clue | $2,014,166 | 56.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,722,804 | -13.5% | 8.4% | 1 | Santa Claus: The Movie | $2,722,804 | 100% | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,106,876 | -35.3% | 3.4% | 1 | One Magic Christmas | $1,106,876 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $739,764 | -52.5% | 2.3% | 1 | King Solomon's Mines | $739,764 | 100% | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 9 | 8 | $700,232 | -28.9% | 2.2% | 1 | Back to the Future | $700,232 | 100% | 24 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | $309,584 | -29.1% | 1% | 1 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $309,584 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 11 | 9 | $141,417 | -69.7% | 0.4% | 1 | Once Bitten | $141,417 | 100% | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
