| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Twins | $12,176,400 | -15.2% | 1,452 | +56 | $8,385 | $26,534,260 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Rain Man | $11,439,832 | - | 1,248 | - | $9,166 | $11,439,832 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | $8,938,002 | +11.7% | 1,937 | +361 | $4,614 | $29,149,330 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Scrooged | $7,515,978 | +23.8% | 1,797 | +471 | $4,182 | $44,842,586 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | $7,233,595 | - | 1,466 | - | $4,934 | $7,233,595 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Tequila Sunrise | $4,561,207 | -15.1% | 1,394 | +279 | $3,272 | $18,360,596 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Oliver & Company | $4,372,410 | +45% | 1,165 | +213 | $3,753 | $24,142,499 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Land Before Time | $2,868,920 | +10.4% | 1,326 | -58 | $2,163 | $29,288,585 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Ernest Saves Christmas | $1,687,288 | -8.1% | 1,307 | -246 | $1,290 | $25,633,263 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | $1,430,026 | -47% | 1,110 | +4 | $1,288 | $4,128,069 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Child's Play | $1,018,593 | -38.5% | 906 | -448 | $1,124 | $28,440,697 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Cocoon: The Return | $945,353 | -24.8% | 997 | +44 | $948 | $13,452,621 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | $882,356 | - | 135 | - | $6,535 | $882,356 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Mississippi Burning | $244,363 | -23.6% | 9 | - | $27,151 | $564,107 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Torch Song Trilogy | $132,733 | - | 6 | - | $22,122 | $132,733 | 1 | New Line Cinema | true | false |
| 16 | - | Haunted Summer | $7,156 | - | 1 | - | $7,156 | $7,156 | 1 | Cannon Film Distributors | true | false |
| 17 | - | Pelle the Conqueror | $3,950 | - | - | - | - | $3,950 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 18 | - | We Think the World of You | $604 | - | 1 | - | $604 | $604 | 1 | Cinecom Pictures | true | false |
