| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $13,480,418 | -3% | 25.3% | 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $12,610,610 | 93.5% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,493,486 | -39.6% | 15.9% | 3 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $6,231,736 | 73.4% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 8 | $8,152,948 | +869.1% | 15.3% | 1 | Firefox | $8,152,948 | 100% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 5 | $6,369,477 | +94.4% | 12% | 3 | Annie | $5,312,062 | 83.4% | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $6,313,576 | -23.2% | 11.8% | 1 | Rocky III | $6,313,576 | 100% | 4 | United Artists | - |
| 6 | 4 | $4,709,044 | -25.4% | 8.8% | 2 | Poltergeist | $4,709,044 | 100% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,998,131 | +24.6% | 7.5% | 3 | Author! Author! | $2,279,260 | 57% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,764,564 | -5% | 3.3% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,764,564 | 100% | 9 | - | - |
