| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $7,913,855 | -11.4% | 27% | 3 | Tootsie | $3,103,088 | 39.2% | 18 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 7 | $5,100,167 | +448.5% | 17.4% | 2 | Flashdance | $4,076,124 | 79.9% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $4,504,447 | -9.4% | 15.3% | 3 | The Meaning of Life | $1,831,717 | 40.7% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $4,108,645 | -31.3% | 14% | 3 | The Outsiders | $2,188,897 | 53.3% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $1,940,582 | -41.6% | 6.6% | 1 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,940,582 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $1,005,674 | -26.1% | 3.4% | 1 | The Sword in the Stone | $1,005,674 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $484,881 | -33.9% | 1.7% | 1 | My Tutor | $484,881 | 100% | 7 | Crown | - |
