| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 2 | 1 | $9,341,853 | -33.1% | 21.2% | 1 | Rocky IV | $9,341,853 | 100% | 4 | United Artists | - |
| 3 | 2 | $7,125,749 | -36.7% | 16.1% | 1 | Spies Like Us | $7,125,749 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,470,275 | -25.7% | 12.4% | 3 | White Nights | $4,342,117 | 79.4% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,812,571 | +22.4% | 10.9% | 2 | Clue | $2,663,308 | 55.3% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,545,696 | -5.6% | 8% | 1 | Santa Claus: The Movie | $3,545,696 | 100% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,477,352 | -28.8% | 3.3% | 1 | One Magic Christmas | $1,477,352 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $938,466 | -23.4% | 2.1% | 2 | Back to the Future | $930,972 | 99.2% | 25 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $889,764 | -53.2% | 2% | 1 | King Solomon's Mines | $889,764 | 100% | 4 | Cannon Film Distributors | - |
| 10 | 9 | $463,705 | -23.2% | 1.1% | 1 | To Live and Die in L.A. | $463,705 | 100% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 11 | 10 | $16,029 | +344.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Trouble in Mind | $16,029 | 100% | 2 | Alive Films | - |
