| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $4,184,495 | -29.5% | 19.3% | 3 | Tootsie | $1,951,612 | 46.6% | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 3 | $4,095,000 | -18.6% | 18.9% | 2 | Flashdance | $4,095,000 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 4 | 2 | $2,256,797 | -57.3% | 10.4% | 5 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | $1,286,609 | 57% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $1,724,755 | -50.3% | 8% | 3 | The Outsiders | $1,106,552 | 64.2% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 5 | $1,542,618 | -47.2% | 7.1% | 1 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $1,542,618 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,013,283 | -34.7% | 4.7% | 1 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,013,283 | 100% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 6 | $734,621 | -62.3% | 3.4% | 1 | My Tutor | $734,621 | 100% | 9 | Crown | - |
