| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $7,306,864 | -21.5% | 18.9% | 2 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $7,233,119 | 99% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $7,039,124 | -25.8% | 18.3% | 2 | The War of the Roses | $6,975,488 | 99.1% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,643,990 | -14.3% | 17.2% | 4 | Back to the Future Part II | $4,410,140 | 66.4% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $5,872,159 | -5.7% | 15.2% | 5 | Family Business | $2,130,024 | 36.3% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 7 | $4,262,063 | +54.2% | 11.1% | 2 | The Little Mermaid | $2,522,362 | 59.2% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,772,391 | +29.3% | 9.8% | 2 | We're No Angels | $2,047,630 | 54.3% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,825,418 | -45.3% | 7.3% | 2 | She-Devil | $1,644,289 | 58.2% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $837,015 | -45.2% | 2.2% | 1 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $837,015 | 100% | 5 | United Artists | - |
