| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 3 | $18,182,903 | +62.1% | 30.5% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $11,127,915 | 61.2% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 1 | $16,044,267 | +12% | 26.9% | 3 | Superman III | $9,068,726 | 56.5% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,035,180 | -25.8% | 15.2% | 2 | Octopussy | $4,894,795 | 54.2% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 4 | $7,588,141 | -22.7% | 12.7% | 3 | Trading Places | $5,501,727 | 72.5% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,697,933 | +103.2% | 7.9% | 3 | The Survivors | $3,044,927 | 64.8% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,869,426 | +188% | 3.1% | 2 | Yellowbeard | $1,564,155 | 83.7% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $1,687,935 | -47.4% | 2.8% | 1 | Psycho II | $1,687,935 | 100% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 9 | $272,160 | -19.2% | 0.5% | 1 | Valley Girl | $272,160 | 100% | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 9 | 8 | $251,236 | -32% | 0.4% | 1 | My Tutor | $251,236 | 100% | 17 | Crown | - |
