| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Scrooged | $13,027,842 | - | 1,262 | - | $10,323 | $18,548,158 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Land Before Time | $8,114,550 | +7.8% | 1,410 | +15 | $5,755 | $18,478,800 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Oliver & Company | $6,338,773 | +57.6% | 952 | - | $6,658 | $12,065,731 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Cocoon: The Return | $5,568,143 | - | 986 | - | $5,647 | $7,731,202 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $5,216,851 | +7.8% | 1,640 | - | $3,181 | $18,554,205 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Child's Play | $4,628,987 | -11% | 1,490 | +104 | $3,106 | $22,076,480 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | High Spirits | $2,020,396 | -38.9% | 826 | +1 | $2,446 | $6,327,811 | 2 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Accused | $1,600,449 | -15.9% | 851 | -53 | $1,880 | $26,601,440 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Fresh Horses | $1,553,260 | -49.5% | 1,276 | +4 | $1,217 | $5,577,290 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Iron Eagle II | $1,352,241 | -28.6% | 877 | -1 | $1,541 | $8,120,808 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Everybody's All-American | $1,280,012 | -29% | 854 | -148 | $1,498 | $11,460,840 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | 1969 | $1,242,126 | -27.3% | 427 | -93 | $2,908 | $3,927,081 | 2 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Mystic Pizza | $957,654 | -10.1% | 400 | -40 | $2,394 | $9,536,256 | 6 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | A Cry in the Dark | $914,190 | -23.2% | 319 | -15 | $2,865 | $4,552,759 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | - | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | $721,424 | - | 637 | - | $1,132 | $148,375,903 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | They Live | $679,770 | -47.6% | 581 | -452 | $1,170 | $12,250,223 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Buster | $265,038 | - | 217 | - | $1,221 | $350,071 | 1 | Hemdale | true | false |
| 18 | 15 | U2: Rattle and Hum | $248,306 | -62.7% | 461 | -378 | $538 | $8,361,588 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Full Moon in Blue Water | $212,963 | - | 56 | - | $3,802 | $254,482 | 1 | Trans World Entertainment (TWE) | true | false |
| 20 | - | Hanna's War | $60,986 | - | 35 | - | $1,742 | $86,660 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 21 | - | Amsterdamned | $14,819 | - | 5 | - | $2,963 | $19,140 | 1 | Vestron Pictures | true | false |
