| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $5,938,867 | -25% | 22.7% | 3 | Tootsie | $2,598,623 | 43.8% | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $5,287,485 | +17.4% | 20.2% | 6 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | $1,975,457 | 37.4% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $5,027,651 | -1.4% | 19.2% | 3 | Flashdance | $4,085,494 | 81.3% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $3,471,521 | -15.5% | 13.3% | 3 | The Outsiders | $1,646,454 | 47.4% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $2,919,711 | -32% | 11.2% | 1 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $2,919,711 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 8 | $1,947,448 | +301.6% | 7.4% | 1 | My Tutor | $1,947,448 | 100% | 8 | Crown | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,552,504 | -20% | 5.9% | 1 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,552,504 | 100% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
