| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | On Golden Pond | $8,177,208 | - | 934 | - | $8,755 | $29,896,813 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | - | Making Love | $3,015,497 | - | 363 | - | $8,307 | $3,015,497 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | - | The Border | $2,506,261 | - | 888 | - | $2,822 | - | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Chariots of Fire | $2,224,865 | - | 292 | - | $7,619 | $10,389,966 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Reds | $1,929,964 | - | 554 | - | $3,483 | $30,184,831 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | - | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,640,574 | - | 620 | - | $2,646 | $189,468,297 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | - | Absence of Malice | $1,526,550 | - | 660 | - | $2,312 | $34,838,679 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | - | Night Crossing | $1,504,413 | - | 600 | - | $2,507 | $3,318,643 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Cannery Row | $1,500,000 | - | 700 | - | $2,142 | $1,500,000 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | - | Taps | $1,399,776 | - | 623 | - | $2,246 | $31,673,335 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | - | The Beast Within | $1,250,000 | - | 550 | - | $2,272 | $1,250,000 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | - | Arthur | $1,061,498 | - | 583 | - | $1,820 | - | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
