| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $36,130,872 | +13.6% | 38.4% | 2 | Home Alone | $25,061,924 | 69.4% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 3 | $21,382,905 | +111.2% | 22.7% | 2 | Three Men and a Little Lady | $16,409,717 | 76.7% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 8 | $12,547,813 | +224.1% | 13.3% | 1 | Dances with Wolves | $12,547,813 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $9,203,541 | -53.1% | 9.8% | 1 | Rocky V | $9,203,541 | 100% | 2 | United Artists | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,260,105 | -6% | 4.5% | 1 | Ghost | $4,260,105 | 100% | 20 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,752,880 | -54.1% | 4% | 2 | Child's Play 2 | $3,752,880 | 100% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,429,852 | -40.2% | 2.6% | 4 | Reversal of Fortune | $1,394,739 | 57.4% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 5 | $2,362,023 | -56.9% | 2.5% | 2 | Jacob's Ladder | $2,362,023 | 100% | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 9 | 10 | $1,157,507 | -38% | 1.2% | 1 | Quigley Down Under | $1,157,507 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 10 | 11 | $600,262 | +231.6% | 0.6% | 1 | Robot Jox | $600,262 | 100% | 2 | Triumph Releasing Corporation | - |
| 12 | 12 | $67,315 | +246.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Hidden Agenda | $67,315 | 100% | 2 | Hemdale | - |
