| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $8,189,539 | -27% | 41.6% | 2 | On Golden Pond | $8,189,539 | 100% | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $3,272,454 | -6.5% | 16.6% | 2 | Chariots of Fire | $2,112,220 | 64.5% | 23 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $3,112,745 | -19.8% | 15.8% | 2 | Making Love | $2,188,000 | 70.3% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 6 | $2,177,061 | +147.4% | 11.1% | 3 | Shoot the Moon | $2,177,061 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 4 | $1,720,274 | -44% | 8.7% | 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,720,274 | 100% | 38 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $1,204,252 | -6.5% | 6.1% | 1 | Arthur | $1,204,252 | 100% | 33 | Warner Bros. | - |
