| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 3 | $18,605,464 | +96.3% | 28.3% | 3 | Scrooged | $16,261,322 | 87.4% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $13,989,177 | +16.1% | 21.2% | 3 | Oliver & Company | $7,199,942 | 51.5% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 1 | $9,878,985 | -19.3% | 15% | 2 | The Land Before Time | $9,199,215 | 93.1% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 9 | $6,407,366 | +196.2% | 9.7% | 1 | Cocoon: The Return | $6,407,366 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 4 | $5,517,796 | -29.5% | 8.4% | 1 | Child's Play | $5,517,796 | 100% | 3 | United Artists | - |
| 6 | 5 | $4,051,423 | -41.3% | 6.2% | 2 | High Spirits | $2,405,116 | 59.4% | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,772,764 | -33.1% | 4.2% | 2 | Everybody's All-American | $1,564,295 | 56.4% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,887,144 | -53.1% | 2.9% | 1 | Fresh Horses | $1,887,144 | 100% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,572,013 | -41.5% | 2.4% | 1 | 1969 | $1,572,013 | 100% | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 10 | 10 | $1,163,336 | -28.6% | 1.8% | 1 | Mystic Pizza | $1,163,336 | 100% | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
