| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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|---|
| 1 | 6 | $22,009,812 | +810.6% | 25% | 2 | Superman III | $20,524,333 | 93.3% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $19,885,573 | -3.8% | 22.6% | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $19,885,573 | 100% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 1 | $18,808,099 | -13.4% | 21.3% | 2 | Octopussy | $10,354,209 | 55.1% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 3 | $15,641,579 | -11.3% | 17.7% | 3 | Trading Places | $10,979,198 | 70.2% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $5,664,897 | -19.1% | 6.4% | 1 | Psycho II | $5,664,897 | 100% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,500,319 | -16.8% | 4% | 2 | Blue Thunder | $2,350,082 | 67.1% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 9 | $1,268,179 | +29.1% | 1.4% | 1 | Breathless | $1,268,179 | 100% | 6 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $893,122 | -26% | 1% | 1 | My Tutor | $893,122 | 100% | 16 | Crown | - |
| 9 | 8 | $470,530 | -52.1% | 0.5% | 1 | Valley Girl | $470,530 | 100% | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
