| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $15,926,962 | -25.4% | 31.6% | 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $10,157,661 | 63.8% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,408,558 | -24.3% | 24.6% | 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $8,526,478 | 68.7% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 5 | $6,373,028 | +26% | 12.6% | 3 | The World According to Garp | $2,444,799 | 38.4% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 4 | $5,517,061 | -13% | 10.9% | 3 | Young Doctors in Love | $1,875,388 | 34% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 3 | $4,529,461 | -34.8% | 9% | 2 | The Beastmaster | $3,186,082 | 70.3% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,999,602 | -36.2% | 4% | 1 | Rocky III | $1,999,602 | 100% | 14 | United Artists | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,611,040 | -27.7% | 3.2% | 2 | Things Are Tough All Over | $1,611,040 | 100% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
