| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $16,854,519 | +47% | 39% | 3 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $6,161,649 | 36.6% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $7,600,378 | -2.5% | 17.6% | 4 | Staying Alive | $2,514,264 | 33.1% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,292,649 | -2.9% | 14.6% | 3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $3,759,299 | 59.7% | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $5,062,709 | -21.4% | 11.7% | 3 | Jaws 3-D | $2,206,274 | 43.6% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $4,395,521 | +34.7% | 10.2% | 4 | WarGames | $1,753,897 | 39.9% | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 5 | $1,748,678 | -46.8% | 4% | 1 | Krull | $1,748,678 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $1,241,944 | -32.8% | 2.9% | 1 | Class | $1,241,944 | 100% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
