| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $10,453,124 | +253.7% | 40.7% | 3 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $7,780,693 | 74.4% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $8,300,000 | +15.3% | 32.3% | 3 | On Golden Pond | $4,800,000 | 57.8% | 15 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $2,438,857 | +32% | 9.5% | 3 | The Amateur | $1,052,963 | 43.2% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 3 | $1,334,000 | -28.7% | 5.2% | 1 | Death Wish II | $1,334,000 | 100% | 4 | Filmways Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $1,243,988 | -25.3% | 4.8% | 1 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,243,988 | 100% | 40 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 7 | $1,167,693 | +45.1% | 4.5% | 2 | Arthur | $617,815 | 52.9% | 35 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 6 | $764,366 | -22.8% | 3% | 1 | Shoot the Moon | $764,366 | 100% | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
