| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $14,775,014 | $11,750,203 | 79.5% | $3,024,811 | 20.5% | 1,744 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Back to the Future Part II | $14,582,790 | $12,110,340 | 83% | $2,472,450 | 17% | 1,866 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Steel Magnolias | $6,617,765 | $4,856,409 | 73.4% | $1,761,356 | 26.6% | 963 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Harlem Nights | $6,617,140 | $5,202,610 | 78.6% | $1,414,530 | 21.4% | 2,180 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Little Mermaid | $4,904,835 | $4,030,274 | 82.2% | $874,561 | 17.8% | 999 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Look Who's Talking | $4,590,681 | $3,718,495 | 81% | $872,186 | 19% | 1,649 | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | $2,709,885 | $2,255,157 | 83.2% | $454,728 | 16.8% | 1,591 | 3 | United Artists | - | false |
| 8 | Prancer | $2,369,310 | $1,931,348 | 81.5% | $437,962 | 18.5% | 1,728 | 3 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Dad | $1,828,465 | $1,386,905 | 75.8% | $441,560 | 24.2% | 1,123 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Bear | $1,389,341 | $1,081,344 | 77.8% | $307,997 | 22.2% | 1,056 | 6 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | $1,053,659 | $820,248 | 77.8% | $233,411 | 22.2% | 515 | 8 | Orion Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Sea of Love | $462,435 | $370,425 | 80.1% | $92,010 | 19.9% | 449 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Parenthood | $239,987 | $195,767 | 81.6% | $44,220 | 18.4% | 421 | 19 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Batman | $43,720 | $31,264 | 71.5% | $12,456 | 28.5% | 119 | 24 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| - | Drugstore Cowboy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Avenue Pictures Productions | - | false |
| - | The Fabulous Baker Boys | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
