| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $7,233,868 | -28% | 21.2% | 3 | Tootsie | $3,008,215 | 41.6% | 19 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $6,875,031 | -2.8% | 20.1% | 3 | Flashdance | $5,604,272 | 81.5% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $6,424,414 | -4.6% | 18.8% | 6 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | $2,708,720 | 42.2% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $4,406,165 | -17.5% | 12.9% | 3 | The Outsiders | $2,052,952 | 46.6% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $3,753,194 | -35.1% | 11% | 1 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $3,753,194 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 8 | $3,605,636 | +396% | 10.6% | 1 | My Tutor | $3,605,636 | 100% | 8 | Crown | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,873,088 | -23.4% | 5.5% | 1 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,873,088 | 100% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
