| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $32,493,719 | -17% | 42.4% | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $18,084,856 | 55.7% | 8 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 4 | $10,842,775 | +57.8% | 14.2% | 4 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $6,511,822 | 60.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,863,717 | -7.7% | 12.9% | 5 | Night Shift | $4,152,430 | 42.1% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $7,148,631 | -9.1% | 9.3% | 2 | Young Doctors in Love | $4,049,372 | 56.6% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 6 | $5,571,534 | +1% | 7.3% | 3 | Poltergeist | $3,191,316 | 57.3% | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 6 | 5 | $4,030,697 | -27.2% | 5.3% | 1 | Rocky III | $4,030,697 | 100% | 10 | United Artists | - |
| 7 | 8 | $2,870,178 | -2.6% | 3.7% | 1 | Annie | $2,870,178 | 100% | 11 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,343,133 | -35.6% | 3.1% | 1 | Tron | $2,343,133 | 100% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,394,889 | +10.8% | 1.8% | 1 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,394,889 | 100% | 15 | Group 1 International Distribution | - |
