| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Child's Play | $9,618,317 | $6,583,963 | 68.4% | $3,034,354 | 31.6% | 1,377 | 1 | United Artists | - | false |
| 2 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $7,011,477 | $5,710,734 | 81.4% | $1,300,743 | 18.6% | 1,634 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Iron Eagle II | $4,174,341 | $3,530,016 | 84.6% | $644,325 | 15.4% | 874 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | They Live | $3,479,715 | $2,772,100 | 79.7% | $707,615 | 20.3% | 1,459 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Everybody's All-American | $3,248,812 | $2,613,589 | 80.4% | $635,223 | 19.6% | 1,123 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Accused | $3,109,370 | $2,412,648 | 77.6% | $696,722 | 22.4% | 930 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $2,179,424 | $1,719,319 | 78.9% | $460,105 | 21.1% | 1,391 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | A Cry in the Dark | $2,011,381 | $1,561,793 | 77.6% | $449,588 | 22.4% | 334 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | Mystic Pizza | $1,742,457 | $1,381,160 | 79.3% | $361,297 | 20.7% | 440 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 10 | Without a Clue | $1,680,331 | $1,343,538 | 80% | $336,793 | 20% | 460 | 4 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Good Mother | $1,475,790 | $1,156,421 | 78.4% | $319,369 | 21.6% | 670 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Punchline | $1,168,858 | $908,076 | 77.7% | $260,782 | 22.3% | 876 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Split Decisions | $596,201 | $423,303 | 71% | $172,898 | 29% | 405 | 1 | New Century | - | false |
| 14 | Distant Thunder | $117,596 | $82,186 | 69.9% | $35,410 | 30.1% | 31 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Ghost Town | $18,298 | $10,478 | 57.3% | $7,820 | 42.7% | 8 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| - | Jocks | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Crown | - | false |
| - | Madame Sousatzka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Feds | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | The Last Temptation of Christ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Alien Nation | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Gorillas in the Mist | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Missing Link | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Decline of the American Empire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cineplex Odeon Films | - | false |
| - | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Galaxy International Releasing | - | false |
