| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 2 | 5 | $8,487,267 | +255.4% | 20.4% | 2 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $7,011,477 | 82.6% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $5,406,390 | -37% | 13% | 3 | The Accused | $3,109,370 | 57.5% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,260,193 | -10% | 12.6% | 3 | Everybody's All-American | $3,248,812 | 61.8% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 2 | $3,479,715 | -57.2% | 8.4% | 5 | They Live | $3,479,715 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,742,457 | -6.7% | 4.2% | 1 | Mystic Pizza | $1,742,457 | 100% | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 8 | 9 | $1,680,331 | +62.1% | 4% | 1 | Without a Clue | $1,680,331 | 100% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,168,858 | -35.5% | 2.8% | 1 | Punchline | $1,168,858 | 100% | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - |
