| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $24,094,312 | -20.5% | 29.7% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $16,795,389 | 69.7% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $17,152,522 | -30.2% | 21.2% | 3 | Superman III | $9,541,408 | 55.6% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $13,182,987 | -8.4% | 16.3% | 2 | Octopussy | $6,887,236 | 52.2% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 4 | $11,988,636 | -2.4% | 14.8% | 4 | Trading Places | $8,706,303 | 72.6% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 7 | $7,325,571 | +253.4% | 9% | 2 | Stroker Ace | $5,886,571 | 80.4% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $5,124,077 | -36.5% | 6.3% | 3 | The Survivors | $3,476,401 | 67.8% | 2 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,434,680 | -41.5% | 1.8% | 1 | Yellowbeard | $1,434,680 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $447,813 | -26.2% | 0.6% | 1 | My Tutor | $447,813 | 100% | 18 | Crown | - |
| 9 | 9 | $341,550 | -12.2% | 0.4% | 1 | Valley Girl | $341,550 | 100% | 10 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
