| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 5 | Scrooged | $16,261,322 | +194.6% | 1,262 | - | $12,885 | $21,781,638 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Land Before Time | $9,199,215 | -11.2% | 1,410 | +15 | $6,524 | $19,563,465 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Oliver & Company | $7,199,942 | +25.7% | 952 | - | $7,562 | $12,926,900 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 12 | Cocoon: The Return | $6,407,366 | +196.2% | 986 | - | $6,498 | $8,570,425 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $5,889,956 | -6.9% | 1,640 | - | $3,591 | $19,227,310 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Child's Play | $5,517,796 | -29.5% | 1,490 | +104 | $3,703 | $22,965,289 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | High Spirits | $2,405,116 | -44.2% | 826 | +1 | $2,911 | $6,712,531 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Accused | $2,013,961 | -31.9% | 851 | -53 | $2,366 | $27,014,952 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Fresh Horses | $1,887,144 | -53.1% | 1,276 | +4 | $1,478 | $5,911,174 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Iron Eagle II | $1,646,307 | -36.5% | 877 | -1 | $1,877 | $8,414,874 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | 1969 | $1,572,013 | -41.5% | 427 | -93 | $3,681 | $4,256,968 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Everybody's All-American | $1,564,295 | -37.8% | 854 | -148 | $1,831 | $11,745,123 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | A Cry in the Dark | $1,208,469 | -25.7% | 319 | -15 | $3,788 | $4,847,038 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Mystic Pizza | $1,163,336 | -28.6% | 400 | -40 | $2,908 | $9,741,938 | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 15 | - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $899,279 | - | 637 | - | $1,411 | $148,553,758 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | They Live | $679,770 | -63.7% | 581 | -452 | $1,170 | $12,250,223 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $330,181 | -67% | 461 | -378 | $716 | $8,443,463 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
