| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $11,218,335 | +0.3% | 45.4% | 3 | On Golden Pond | $9,286,994 | 82.8% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $3,882,841 | -28.5% | 15.7% | 2 | Making Love | $2,424,571 | 62.4% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 3 | $3,500,224 | -31.9% | 14.2% | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $2,266,830 | 64.8% | 22 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,073,275 | -27.4% | 12.4% | 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,801,000 | 58.6% | 37 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $880,000 | -72.1% | 3.6% | 3 | Cannery Row | $880,000 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $850,000 | -53.7% | 3.4% | 1 | Night Crossing | $850,000 | 100% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
