| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $15,817,445 | -18.6% | 34.1% | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $9,525,306 | 60.2% | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 7 | $7,264,102 | +406.2% | 15.7% | 2 | Things Are Tough All Over | $5,906,708 | 81.3% | 1 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $5,936,800 | +27.3% | 12.8% | 3 | The Pirate Movie | $2,528,133 | 42.6% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 2 | $5,686,261 | -8.8% | 12.3% | 3 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $3,329,896 | 58.6% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $4,047,378 | -34.1% | 8.7% | 3 | Night Shift | $2,281,104 | 56.4% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,012,490 | +2.3% | 6.5% | 3 | Poltergeist | $1,903,479 | 63.2% | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,409,498 | +0.1% | 5.2% | 1 | Rocky III | $2,409,498 | 100% | 11 | United Artists | - |
| 8 | 8 | $1,190,254 | -0.7% | 2.6% | 1 | Tron | $1,190,254 | 100% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,033,436 | -6% | 2.2% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,033,436 | 100% | 16 | Group 1 International Distribution | - |
