| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $5,166,370 | +19.6% | 19.8% | 3 | The Big Chill | $2,933,954 | 56.8% | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 6 | $5,003,732 | +175.1% | 19.1% | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $3,498,813 | 69.9% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $4,274,217 | +9.1% | 16.4% | 4 | Never Say Never Again | $2,543,403 | 59.5% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 5 | $3,935,944 | +89.9% | 15.1% | 1 | A Christmas Story | $3,935,944 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 3 | $3,181,425 | -11.3% | 12.2% | 3 | All the Right Moves | $1,470,622 | 46.2% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 4 | $1,862,750 | -21.3% | 7.1% | 1 | Amityville 3-D | $1,862,750 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,640,979 | +39% | 6.3% | 1 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $1,640,979 | 100% | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,072,275 | +16.5% | 4.1% | 1 | The Golden Seal | $1,072,275 | 100% | 15 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
