| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $17,466,638 | -27.5% | 29.1% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $12,375,545 | 70.9% | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 4 | $11,158,238 | -6.9% | 18.6% | 2 | Trading Places | $7,267,296 | 65.1% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $10,495,399 | -38.8% | 17.5% | 2 | Superman III | $5,980,444 | 57% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $10,380,618 | -21.3% | 17.3% | 2 | WarGames | $5,267,523 | 50.7% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 5 | $5,724,429 | -21.9% | 9.5% | 2 | Stroker Ace | $3,957,429 | 69.1% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $4,089,277 | -20.2% | 6.8% | 2 | The Survivors | $2,683,912 | 65.6% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 9 | $591,574 | +73.2% | 1% | 1 | Valley Girl | $591,574 | 100% | 11 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
| 8 | 8 | $156,910 | -65% | 0.3% | 1 | My Tutor | $156,910 | 100% | 19 | Crown | - |
