| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $19,828,213 | +39% | 37.9% | 4 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $8,771,612 | 44.2% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 5 | $10,640,780 | +416.9% | 20.4% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $10,640,780 | 100% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | $7,061,522 | -6.7% | 13.5% | 4 | Flashdance | $5,085,796 | 72% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $4,987,809 | -18.7% | 9.5% | 1 | Breathless | $4,987,809 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 8 | $3,193,157 | +278.4% | 6.1% | 1 | My Tutor | $3,193,157 | 100% | 12 | Crown | - |
| 6 | 4 | $2,717,407 | -31.6% | 5.2% | 2 | Doctor Detroit | $1,650,000 | 60.7% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,047,186 | +19.7% | 3.9% | 1 | Valley Girl | $2,047,186 | 100% | 4 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,273,491 | -8.1% | 2.4% | 2 | The Outsiders | $638,061 | 50.1% | 9 | Warner Bros. | - |
