| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $10,894,165 | -6.5% | 18.7% | 3 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $10,694,621 | 98.2% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $9,860,670 | -19.2% | 16.9% | 2 | The War of the Roses | $9,737,027 | 98.7% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | $9,767,205 | -1.4% | 16.8% | 4 | Back to the Future Part II | $6,684,085 | 68.4% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $9,234,462 | +12.2% | 15.9% | 5 | Steel Magnolias | $3,454,669 | 37.4% | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 5 | 7 | $7,308,302 | +112.7% | 12.5% | 2 | The Little Mermaid | $4,350,243 | 59.5% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $5,548,990 | +46.3% | 9.5% | 2 | We're No Angels | $3,001,010 | 54.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $4,278,841 | -33.3% | 7.3% | 2 | She-Devil | $2,379,703 | 55.6% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,351,764 | -26.9% | 2.3% | 1 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,351,764 | 100% | 5 | United Artists | - |
