| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $12,949,966 | +26.3% | 27.6% | 3 | Curly Sue | $6,364,141 | 49.1% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 5 | $8,841,654 | +92.2% | 18.8% | 3 | All I Want for Christmas | $4,878,085 | 55.2% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $6,246,417 | -22.1% | 13.3% | 3 | Billy Bathgate | $4,893,626 | 78.3% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,577,998 | -19.9% | 11.9% | 1 | The People Under the Stairs | $5,577,998 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,000,291 | -11.2% | 8.5% | 1 | Little Man Tate | $4,000,291 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $3,893,665 | -37.3% | 8.3% | 1 | Highlander II: The Quickening | $3,893,665 | 100% | 2 | InterStar Releasing | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,863,304 | -3.1% | 6.1% | 2 | The Fisher King | $2,093,704 | 73.1% | 8 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,580,006 | -40.9% | 5.5% | 1 | House Party 2 | $2,580,006 | 100% | 3 | New Line Cinema | - |
