| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twins | $14,357,860 | $11,174,980 | 77.8% | $3,182,880 | 22.2% | 1,396 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $7,999,248 | $6,120,254 | 76.5% | $1,878,994 | 23.5% | 1,576 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Scrooged | $6,072,097 | $4,671,536 | 76.9% | $1,400,561 | 23.1% | 1,326 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Tequila Sunrise | $5,375,584 | $4,033,923 | 75% | $1,341,661 | 25% | 1,115 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Oliver & Company | $3,015,093 | $2,507,749 | 83.2% | $507,344 | 16.8% | 952 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $2,698,043 | $2,066,980 | 76.6% | $631,063 | 23.4% | 1,106 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Land Before Time | $2,597,695 | $2,145,200 | 82.6% | $452,495 | 17.4% | 1,384 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $1,836,815 | $1,506,410 | 82% | $330,405 | 18% | 1,553 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Child's Play | $1,656,090 | $1,333,176 | 80.5% | $322,914 | 19.5% | 1,354 | 5 | United Artists | - | false |
| 10 | Cocoon: The Return | $1,257,268 | $950,715 | 75.6% | $306,553 | 24.4% | 953 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | The Accused | $539,009 | $382,942 | 71% | $156,067 | 29% | 727 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Iron Eagle II | $453,080 | $369,000 | 81.4% | $84,080 | 18.6% | 871 | 5 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Mississippi Burning | $319,744 | $225,034 | 70.4% | $94,710 | 29.6% | 9 | 1 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Mystic Pizza | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| - | Native Son | - | - | - | - | - | - | 105 | Cinecom Pictures | - | false |
| - | Watchers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | High Spirits | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
