| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 6 | $12,238,185 | +251.7% | 19% | 2 | The Land Before Time | $10,364,250 | 84.7% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,052,835 | +42% | 18.7% | 4 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $6,325,877 | 52.5% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $9,475,996 | +75.3% | 14.7% | 4 | Scrooged | $5,520,316 | 58.3% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 1 | $7,829,176 | -18.6% | 12.1% | 1 | Child's Play | $7,829,176 | 100% | 2 | United Artists | - |
| 5 | 5 | $6,901,641 | +65.3% | 10.7% | 2 | High Spirits | $4,307,415 | 62.4% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $4,141,918 | -21.3% | 6.4% | 2 | Everybody's All-American | $2,514,730 | 60.7% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 9 | $4,024,030 | +244.3% | 6.2% | 2 | Fresh Horses | $4,024,030 | 100% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 10 | 7 | $1,628,294 | -6.6% | 2.5% | 1 | Mystic Pizza | $1,628,294 | 100% | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 11 | 8 | $1,202,276 | -28.5% | 1.9% | 1 | Without a Clue | $1,202,276 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 13 | 11 | $41,519 | +126.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Full Moon in Blue Water | $41,519 | 100% | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - |
