| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 7 | $14,876,597 | +479.1% | 26.6% | 3 | Scrooged | $13,027,842 | 87.6% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $12,277,048 | +38.5% | 21.9% | 3 | Oliver & Company | $6,338,773 | 51.6% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $8,794,320 | -0.3% | 15.7% | 2 | The Land Before Time | $8,114,550 | 92.3% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,628,987 | -11% | 8.3% | 1 | Child's Play | $4,628,987 | 100% | 3 | United Artists | - |
| 6 | 3 | $3,372,637 | -35.2% | 6% | 2 | High Spirits | $2,020,396 | 59.9% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,194,202 | -26.7% | 3.9% | 2 | Everybody's All-American | $1,280,012 | 58.3% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 5 | $1,553,260 | -49.5% | 2.8% | 1 | Fresh Horses | $1,553,260 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,242,126 | -27.3% | 2.2% | 1 | 1969 | $1,242,126 | 100% | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 10 | 9 | $957,654 | -10.1% | 1.7% | 1 | Mystic Pizza | $957,654 | 100% | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
