| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 5 | $6,867,155 | +280.6% | 21.3% | 2 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $5,710,734 | 83.2% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $4,214,153 | -34.8% | 13.1% | 3 | The Accused | $2,412,648 | 57.3% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $4,175,382 | -7.9% | 13% | 3 | Everybody's All-American | $2,613,589 | 62.6% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 2 | $2,772,100 | -55.9% | 8.6% | 4 | They Live | $2,772,100 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,381,160 | -1.9% | 4.3% | 1 | Mystic Pizza | $1,381,160 | 100% | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,343,538 | +65.2% | 4.2% | 1 | Without a Clue | $1,343,538 | 100% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $908,076 | -35.5% | 2.8% | 1 | Punchline | $908,076 | 100% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
