| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $26,178,380 | -19.4% | 35.6% | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $16,353,911 | 62.5% | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 7 | $12,408,635 | +332.3% | 16.9% | 2 | Things Are Tough All Over | $9,736,001 | 78.5% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,484,244 | -12.5% | 12.9% | 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $5,442,958 | 57.4% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $9,405,350 | +31.6% | 12.8% | 3 | The Pirate Movie | $4,126,089 | 43.9% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 3 | $6,621,133 | -32.9% | 9% | 3 | Night Shift | $3,614,211 | 54.6% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | $3,909,626 | -3% | 5.3% | 1 | Rocky III | $3,909,626 | 100% | 11 | United Artists | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,987,257 | -46.4% | 4.1% | 3 | Poltergeist | $2,987,257 | 100% | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,431,731 | -38.9% | 1.9% | 1 | Tron | $1,431,731 | 100% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,033,436 | -25.9% | 1.4% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,033,436 | 100% | 16 | - | - |
