| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $25,723,747 | +136.1% | 27.2% | 5 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $12,594,403 | 49% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 3 | $20,403,855 | +108.9% | 21.6% | 5 | Back to the Future Part II | $9,280,330 | 45.5% | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $12,837,519 | +39% | 13.6% | 5 | Steel Magnolias | $6,288,828 | 49% | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $12,718,789 | +74% | 13.5% | 2 | The Little Mermaid | $9,396,593 | 73.9% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $11,616,653 | +17.8% | 12.3% | 2 | The War of the Roses | $11,417,612 | 98.3% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $5,331,789 | -3.9% | 5.6% | 2 | We're No Angels | $2,733,939 | 51.3% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $4,020,957 | -6% | 4.3% | 2 | She-Devil | $2,150,189 | 53.5% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,741,223 | +28.8% | 1.8% | 1 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $1,741,223 | 100% | 6 | United Artists | - |
| 9 | 9 | $95,187 | +2,229.6% | 0.1% | 1 | Camille Claudel | $95,187 | 100% | 2 | Orion Classics | - |
