| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 3 | $21,709,060 | +132.5% | 28.3% | 3 | Octopussy | $14,143,013 | 65.1% | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 2 | 1 | $20,666,828 | -26.7% | 26.9% | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $20,666,828 | 100% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 5 | $17,627,812 | +193% | 23% | 3 | Trading Places | $13,101,348 | 74.3% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $7,005,676 | -47.2% | 9.1% | 2 | Psycho II | $7,005,676 | 100% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $4,208,376 | -48.3% | 5.5% | 2 | Blue Thunder | $2,869,255 | 68.2% | 5 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,416,973 | -49.6% | 3.1% | 1 | The Man with Two Brains | $2,416,973 | 100% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 9 | $1,207,504 | -35.6% | 1.6% | 1 | My Tutor | $1,207,504 | 100% | 15 | Crown | - |
| 8 | 10 | $983,111 | -38% | 1.3% | 1 | Valley Girl | $983,111 | 100% | 7 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 9 | 7 | $982,086 | -53.4% | 1.3% | 1 | Breathless | $982,086 | 100% | 5 | Orion Pictures | - |
