| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $14,454,445 | +262% | 45.1% | 3 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $10,824,119 | 74.9% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $11,685,455 | +8.4% | 36.5% | 3 | On Golden Pond | $7,062,347 | 60.4% | 15 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $1,692,933 | -29.6% | 5.3% | 3 | Making Love | $1,114,264 | 65.8% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 4 | $1,243,988 | -39.6% | 3.9% | 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,243,988 | 100% | 40 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $856,056 | -19.6% | 2.7% | 2 | Arthur | $856,056 | 100% | 35 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 5 | $764,366 | -38.6% | 2.4% | 1 | Shoot the Moon | $764,366 | 100% | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
