| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 2 | $30,290,242 | +52.3% | 31.8% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $19,473,121 | 64.3% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 1 | $24,583,929 | +11.7% | 25.8% | 3 | Superman III | $13,637,535 | 55.5% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $14,396,408 | -23.5% | 15.1% | 2 | Octopussy | $7,667,677 | 53.3% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 4 | $12,287,877 | -21.4% | 12.9% | 3 | Trading Places | $8,719,272 | 71% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $8,075,080 | +130.7% | 8.5% | 3 | The Survivors | $5,371,161 | 66.5% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $2,452,320 | +93.4% | 2.6% | 1 | Yellowbeard | $2,452,320 | 100% | 1 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $2,073,103 | -63.4% | 2.2% | 1 | Psycho II | $2,073,103 | 100% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | $606,843 | -32.1% | 0.6% | 1 | My Tutor | $606,843 | 100% | 17 | Crown | - |
| 9 | 9 | $388,801 | -17.4% | 0.4% | 1 | Valley Girl | $388,801 | 100% | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | - |
