| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $5,682,222 | -17.3% | 19.8% | 2 | Flashdance | $5,682,222 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $5,132,669 | -29% | 17.8% | 3 | Tootsie | $2,474,934 | 48.2% | 20 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $2,966,440 | -53.8% | 10.3% | 5 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life | $1,712,308 | 57.7% | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $2,209,084 | -49.9% | 7.7% | 3 | The Outsiders | $1,407,226 | 63.7% | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 5 | $2,006,629 | -46.5% | 7% | 1 | Lone Wolf McQuade | $2,006,629 | 100% | 3 | Orion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,285,441 | -64.3% | 4.5% | 1 | My Tutor | $1,285,441 | 100% | 9 | Crown | - |
| 10 | 7 | $1,246,847 | -33.4% | 4.3% | 1 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,246,847 | 100% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
