| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $7,780,693 | - | 1,277 | - | $6,092 | $7,780,693 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $4,800,000 | -12.8% | 1,015 | +80 | $4,729 | $63,720,000 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Missing | $2,300,000 | - | 733 | - | $3,137 | $5,000,000 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Chariots of Fire | $2,019,964 | -9.4% | 447 | +5 | $4,518 | $20,301,485 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Death Wish II | $1,334,000 | -28.7% | 354 | -23 | $3,768 | $7,533,000 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,243,988 | -25.3% | 633 | -17 | $1,965 | $196,614,672 | 40 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Evil Under the Sun | $1,200,000 | -29% | 564 | -45 | $2,127 | $3,440,000 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Amateur | $1,052,963 | - | 437 | - | $2,409 | - | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Making Love | $807,225 | -28.6% | 379 | -1 | $2,129 | $10,631,076 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Shoot the Moon | $764,366 | -22.8% | 355 | -95 | $2,153 | $7,070,222 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Absence of Malice | $652,467 | -10.1% | 480 | -70 | $1,359 | $39,263,085 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Arthur | $617,815 | -23.3% | 449 | -51 | $1,375 | $87,797,452 | 35 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Taps | $578,669 | -19.3% | 543 | -32 | $1,065 | $35,856,053 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | - | Personal Best | $549,878 | - | 142 | - | $3,872 | - | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
