| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | On Golden Pond | $6,526,822 | - | 1,015 | - | $6,430 | $39,430,714 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Shoot the Moon | $1,870,000 | - | 585 | - | $3,196 | - | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 3 | - | Making Love | $1,805,935 | - | 371 | - | $4,867 | $5,554,364 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | Chariots of Fire | $1,689,149 | - | 293 | - | $5,765 | $12,570,598 | 22 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Border | $1,571,525 | - | 741 | - | $2,120 | $6,118,683 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,442,813 | - | 668 | - | $2,159 | $191,231,287 | 37 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Reds | $1,272,275 | - | 576 | - | $2,208 | $31,802,166 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Taps | $1,131,010 | - | 689 | - | $1,641 | $33,085,061 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | - | Arthur | $997,606 | - | 619 | - | $1,611 | $84,620,103 | 32 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Absence of Malice | $893,845 | - | 646 | - | $1,383 | $36,138,745 | 14 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Cannery Row | $880,000 | - | 620 | - | $1,419 | $2,638,311 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | - | Night Crossing | $850,000 | - | 440 | - | $1,931 | $4,500,000 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Barbarosa | $285,312 | - | 187 | - | $1,525 | $285,312 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
