| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $16,830,112 | +5.7% | 28.5% | 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $9,141,606 | 54.3% | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,276,132 | -1.1% | 20.8% | 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $9,227,288 | 75.2% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,086,746 | -20.2% | 8.6% | 3 | The World According to Garp | $2,286,994 | 45% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,422,510 | -19.8% | 7.5% | 3 | Young Doctors in Love | $1,549,619 | 35% | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,253,422 | -28.2% | 5.5% | 2 | The Beastmaster | $2,014,118 | 61.9% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,872,639 | +78.3% | 4.9% | 3 | Annie | $1,558,201 | 54.2% | 16 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,850,816 | -7.4% | 3.1% | 1 | Rocky III | $1,850,816 | 100% | 15 | United Artists | - |
