| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $24,549,638 | +25.7% | 26% | 3 | Look Who's Talking | $12,133,098 | 49.4% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 2 | 6 | $23,728,548 | +1,214.8% | 25.2% | 2 | Harlem Nights | $23,728,548 | 100% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $22,671,945 | +93.9% | 24.1% | 5 | Back to the Future Part II | $15,181,100 | 67% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 7 | $8,447,982 | +400.1% | 9% | 2 | The Little Mermaid | $8,447,982 | 100% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $6,291,580 | +140.4% | 6.7% | 4 | Prancer | $4,104,498 | 65.2% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $1,206,134 | -51.8% | 1.3% | 1 | Staying Together | $1,206,134 | 100% | 2 | Hemdale | - |
| 8 | 8 | $868,399 | -47.8% | 0.9% | 1 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | $868,399 | 100% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 3 | $237,313 | -94.3% | 0.3% | 3 | Batman | $237,313 | 100% | 22 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 10 | 13 | $98,045 | +1.7% | 0.1% | 1 | Henry V | $98,045 | 100% | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
