| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 2 | $29,743,788 | +166.6% | 37.4% | 3 | Staying Alive | $19,352,071 | 65.1% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $17,852,672 | +2.2% | 22.5% | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $13,992,502 | 78.4% | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $9,717,979 | -6.4% | 12.2% | 2 | WarGames | $4,943,914 | 50.9% | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 5 | 3 | $7,750,470 | -26.2% | 9.7% | 3 | Superman III | $4,430,377 | 57.2% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,585,246 | -54.8% | 3.3% | 2 | Stroker Ace | $1,573,580 | 60.9% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,222,844 | -70.1% | 1.5% | 1 | The Survivors | $1,222,844 | 100% | 4 | Columbia Pictures | - |
