| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Porky's | $7,623,988 | - | 1,148 | - | $6,641 | $7,623,988 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $6,197,068 | -20.4% | 1,277 | - | $4,852 | $17,021,187 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | On Golden Pond | $4,116,609 | -14.2% | 883 | -132 | $4,662 | $70,098,956 | 16 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | Deathtrap | $2,238,977 | - | 341 | - | $6,565 | $2,238,977 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | - | Quest for Fire | $2,171,303 | - | 223 | - | $9,736 | - | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Missing | $1,890,514 | -17.8% | 632 | -101 | $2,991 | $7,431,579 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $1,826,591 | -9.6% | 435 | -12 | $4,199 | $22,883,210 | 26 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Evil Under the Sun | $637,244 | -46.9% | 283 | -281 | $2,251 | $4,659,287 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 12 | Arthur | $559,968 | -9.4% | 395 | -54 | $1,417 | $88,595,661 | 36 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Absence of Malice | $541,247 | -17% | 443 | -37 | $1,221 | $40,007,093 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | The Amateur | $522,235 | -50.4% | 351 | -86 | $1,487 | $5,819,799 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Making Love | $479,768 | -40.6% | 320 | -59 | $1,499 | $11,417,883 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | - | Victor/Victoria | $139,634 | - | 3 | - | $46,544 | $139,634 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
