| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $10,939,923 | -16.7% | 31.3% | 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $6,630,709 | 60.6% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $8,518,038 | -20.6% | 24.4% | 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $5,616,676 | 65.9% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $4,201,529 | -27.4% | 12% | 3 | The World According to Garp | $1,603,596 | 38.2% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 4 | $3,894,378 | -27.4% | 11.1% | 3 | Young Doctors in Love | $1,338,163 | 34.4% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 5 | $2,228,500 | -47.4% | 6.4% | 1 | The Beastmaster | $2,228,500 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,551,020 | -13.5% | 4.4% | 1 | Rocky III | $1,551,020 | 100% | 14 | United Artists | - |
| 8 | 6 | $1,255,600 | -30.6% | 3.6% | 1 | Things Are Tough All Over | $1,255,600 | 100% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
