| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $31,197,315 | +28.4% | 34.4% | 3 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $24,881,545 | 79.8% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $17,235,264 | +36.7% | 19% | 2 | Blade Runner | $9,554,169 | 55.4% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,247,328 | -28.3% | 10.2% | 3 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $7,671,775 | 83% | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $8,300,100 | -20.3% | 9.1% | 1 | Rocky III | $8,300,100 | 100% | 5 | United Artists | - |
| 5 | 8 | $8,273,547 | +446.1% | 9.1% | 2 | Annie | $8,273,547 | 100% | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $8,058,810 | +30.9% | 8.9% | 4 | Megaforce | $3,492,966 | 43.3% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 5 | $6,475,185 | -15.2% | 7.1% | 1 | Poltergeist | $6,475,185 | 100% | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,935,170 | -8.6% | 2.1% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,935,170 | 100% | 10 | - | - |
