| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $4,900,463 | -2.2% | 506 | -38 | $9,684 | $19,255,967 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Absence of Malice | $1,837,530 | -15.2% | 932 | -6 | $1,971 | $32,739,501 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Taps | $1,726,889 | -9.5% | 763 | +22 | $2,263 | $29,863,874 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Venom | $1,672,747 | - | 900 | - | $1,858 | - | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 14 | Chariots of Fire | $1,669,582 | +250.3% | 283 | +213 | $5,899 | $7,627,460 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Night Crossing | $1,547,912 | - | 640 | - | $2,418 | $1,547,912 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,281,561 | -15.7% | 732 | +51 | $1,750 | $187,406,147 | 35 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Vice Squad | $1,160,714 | -32.4% | 396 | -114 | $2,931 | $5,568,880 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Sharky's Machine | $897,448 | -20.7% | 659 | -29 | $1,361 | $31,433,448 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Reds | $886,581 | -22.7% | 369 | -50 | $2,402 | $28,116,972 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Private Lessons | $863,236 | -27.4% | 224 | +5 | $3,853 | $17,833,387 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | The Seduction | $844,810 | -43.8% | 476 | -121 | $1,774 | $4,888,270 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
