| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $8,863,809 | +29.1% | 21.9% | 3 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $4,841,057 | 54.6% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 6 | $8,822,440 | +218.3% | 21.8% | 2 | The Land Before Time | $7,526,025 | 85.3% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $5,202,984 | +47.4% | 12.9% | 2 | High Spirits | $3,308,250 | 63.6% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $5,202,675 | -21% | 12.9% | 1 | Child's Play | $5,202,675 | 100% | 2 | United Artists | - |
| 5 | 9 | $3,074,292 | +238.6% | 7.6% | 2 | Fresh Horses | $3,074,292 | 100% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,994,426 | -28.3% | 7.4% | 2 | Everybody's All-American | $1,803,515 | 60.2% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 3 | $2,568,744 | -39% | 6.4% | 3 | The Accused | $1,903,803 | 74.1% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,065,240 | -22.9% | 2.6% | 1 | Mystic Pizza | $1,065,240 | 100% | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 10 | 8 | $899,423 | -33.1% | 2.2% | 1 | Without a Clue | $899,423 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
