| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $42,169,913 | +296.3% | 51% | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $42,169,913 | 100% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 1 | $16,552,167 | -16.5% | 20% | 4 | Blue Thunder | $7,509,096 | 45.4% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $8,499,252 | +20.4% | 10.3% | 3 | Flashdance | $5,883,242 | 69.2% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $4,124,921 | -17.3% | 5% | 1 | Breathless | $4,124,921 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,176,606 | -0.5% | 3.8% | 1 | My Tutor | $3,176,606 | 100% | 13 | Crown | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,083,604 | +13.5% | 3.7% | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,055,711 | 66.7% | 51 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,475,008 | -27.9% | 1.8% | 1 | Valley Girl | $1,475,008 | 100% | 5 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
