| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $26,370,633 | +41.7% | 40.3% | 3 | National Lampoon's Vacation | $9,425,903 | 35.7% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $12,064,514 | -3.3% | 18.4% | 4 | Staying Alive | $4,065,278 | 33.7% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $8,183,029 | -25.5% | 12.5% | 3 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $6,340,956 | 77.5% | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 5 | $7,112,382 | +32.9% | 10.9% | 4 | WarGames | $2,887,368 | 40.6% | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 4 | $6,919,025 | -27.8% | 10.6% | 3 | Jaws 3-D | $3,034,026 | 43.9% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $2,765,990 | -45.2% | 4.2% | 1 | Krull | $2,765,990 | 100% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $2,030,078 | -32.1% | 3.1% | 1 | Class | $2,030,078 | 100% | 4 | Orion Pictures | - |
