| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $5,507,123 | -1.7% | 935 | -31 | $5,889 | $55,887,548 | 14 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $2,229,501 | +36.2% | 442 | +149 | $5,044 | $17,490,000 | 24 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Death Wish II | $1,871,487 | - | 377 | - | $4,964 | - | 3 | - | false | false |
| 4 | - | Evil Under the Sun | $1,690,774 | - | 609 | - | $2,776 | $1,690,774 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,665,000 | +18.1% | 650 | - | $2,561 | $194,974,748 | 39 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Making Love | $1,130,000 | -33.3% | 380 | - | $2,973 | $9,491,000 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Shoot the Moon | $990,000 | -41.3% | 450 | -135 | $2,200 | $6,050,000 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Arthur | $805,000 | -13.7% | 500 | -75 | $1,610 | $86,919,765 | 34 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Absence of Malice | $726,000 | -21.7% | 550 | -50 | $1,320 | $38,364,528 | 16 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Taps | $717,000 | +2.4% | 575 | -75 | $1,246 | $35,054,066 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
