| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 4 | $6,685,564 | +76.3% | 22% | 3 | Terms of Endearment | $4,732,565 | 70.8% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $5,772,569 | -14.8% | 19% | 3 | The Big Chill | $3,332,852 | 57.7% | 9 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 3 | 6 | $4,503,986 | +34.2% | 14.8% | 1 | A Christmas Story | $4,503,986 | 100% | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 2 | $4,384,794 | -29.5% | 14.4% | 4 | Never Say Never Again | $2,991,995 | 68.2% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 3 | $3,693,355 | -26.6% | 12.1% | 2 | All the Right Moves | $1,860,771 | 50.4% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 5 | $2,143,278 | -38% | 7% | 1 | Amityville 3-D | $2,143,278 | 100% | 2 | Orion Pictures | - |
