| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Land Before Time | $10,364,250 | $7,526,025 | 72.6% | $2,838,225 | 27.4% | 1,395 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | Child's Play | $7,829,176 | $5,202,675 | 66.4% | $2,626,501 | 33.6% | 1,386 | 2 | United Artists | - | false |
| 3 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $6,325,877 | $4,841,057 | 76.5% | $1,484,820 | 23.5% | 1,640 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Oliver & Company | $5,726,958 | $4,022,752 | 70.2% | $1,704,206 | 29.8% | 952 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Scrooged | $5,520,316 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | High Spirits | $4,307,415 | $3,308,250 | 76.8% | $999,165 | 23.2% | 825 | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Fresh Horses | $4,024,030 | $3,074,292 | 76.4% | $949,738 | 23.6% | 1,272 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | The Accused | $2,956,332 | $1,903,803 | 64.4% | $1,052,529 | 35.6% | 904 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | 1969 | $2,684,955 | $1,709,120 | 63.7% | $975,835 | 36.3% | 520 | 1 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - | false |
| 10 | Iron Eagle II | $2,594,226 | $1,894,734 | 73% | $699,492 | 27% | 878 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Everybody's All-American | $2,514,730 | $1,803,515 | 71.7% | $711,215 | 28.3% | 1,002 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Cocoon: The Return | $2,163,059 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | They Live | $1,873,935 | $1,296,415 | 69.2% | $577,520 | 30.8% | 1,033 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Mystic Pizza | $1,628,294 | $1,065,240 | 65.4% | $563,054 | 34.6% | 440 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 15 | A Cry in the Dark | $1,627,188 | $1,190,911 | 73.2% | $436,277 | 26.8% | 334 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Without a Clue | $1,202,276 | $899,423 | 74.8% | $302,853 | 25.2% | 491 | 5 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $999,348 | $664,941 | 66.5% | $334,407 | 33.5% | 839 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Buster | $85,033 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Hemdale | - | false |
| 19 | Full Moon in Blue Water | $41,519 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| 20 | Hanna's War | $25,674 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | - | false |
| 21 | Amsterdamned | $4,321 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Vestron Pictures | - | false |
| - | Salaam Bombay! | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 7 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Punchline | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ghost Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | - | false |
| - | Split Decisions | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | New Century | - | false |
| - | The Good Mother | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Space Rage | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Garwood Films | - | false |
| - | Distant Thunder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
