| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Twins | $7,781,130 | -30.4% | 1,449 | +53 | $5,370 | $22,138,990 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Rain Man | $7,005,719 | - | 1,248 | - | $5,613 | $7,005,719 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $5,607,011 | -8.4% | 1,937 | +361 | $2,894 | $25,818,339 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Scrooged | $4,561,210 | -2.4% | 1,797 | +471 | $2,538 | $41,887,818 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $3,840,498 | - | 1,466 | - | $2,619 | $3,840,498 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Tequila Sunrise | $3,008,168 | -25.4% | 1,394 | +279 | $2,157 | $16,807,557 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Oliver & Company | $2,302,040 | -8.2% | 1,165 | +213 | $1,976 | $22,072,129 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Land Before Time | $1,511,640 | -29.5% | 1,326 | -58 | $1,140 | $27,931,305 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $1,105,886 | -46.5% | 1,110 | +4 | $996 | $3,803,929 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $950,189 | -36.9% | 1,307 | -246 | $727 | $24,896,164 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Child's Play | $669,579 | -49.8% | 906 | -448 | $739 | $28,091,683 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Cocoon: The Return | $572,505 | -39.8% | 997 | +44 | $574 | $13,079,773 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $543,588 | - | 135 | - | $4,026 | $543,588 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Mississippi Burning | $160,628 | -28.6% | 9 | - | $17,847 | $480,372 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Torch Song Trilogy | $70,022 | - | 6 | - | $11,670 | $70,022 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 16 | - | Haunted Summer | $4,726 | - | 1 | - | $4,726 | $4,726 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
