| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $5,008,290 | +30% | 544 | +10 | $9,206 | $12,142,484 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Absence of Malice | $2,166,098 | +3.3% | 938 | -27 | $2,309 | $30,331,624 | 11 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Taps | $1,907,669 | -4.9% | 741 | -51 | $2,574 | $27,668,117 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Vice Squad | $1,717,205 | - | 510 | - | $3,367 | $3,672,221 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,520,273 | -15% | 681 | -59 | $2,232 | $185,748,792 | 34 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Seduction | $1,503,543 | - | 597 | - | $2,518 | $3,399,085 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 9 | Private Lessons | $1,188,236 | +12.5% | 219 | +40 | $5,425 | $16,534,668 | 23 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Reds | $1,147,395 | -6% | 419 | -154 | $2,738 | $26,950,104 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Sharky's Machine | $1,132,426 | -14.7% | 688 | -113 | $1,645 | $30,193,110 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Modern Problems | $1,025,546 | -17.4% | 660 | -137 | $1,553 | $24,252,441 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Ragtime | $702,905 | -17.4% | 250 | -100 | $2,811 | $14,751,152 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Border | $516,014 | - | 84 | - | $6,143 | $516,014 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | Neighbors | $491,727 | -19.3% | 450 | -100 | $1,092 | $28,542,083 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Chariots of Fire | $476,605 | +83.7% | 70 | +34 | $6,808 | $5,803,579 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Arthur | $350,039 | -2.6% | 192 | -90 | $1,823 | $81,814,525 | 29 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Rollover | $190,611 | -9.4% | 232 | -28 | $821 | $10,217,873 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
