| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $8,082,295 | +0.6% | 1,532 | +48 | $5,275 | $43,486,262 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Some Kind of Hero | $4,676,826 | -16.9% | 975 | - | $4,796 | $11,739,867 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Chariots of Fire | $3,434,399 | +4.7% | 753 | +200 | $4,560 | $34,848,533 | 29 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | On Golden Pond | $2,702,573 | -29% | 836 | -154 | $3,232 | $89,082,969 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Silent Rage | $2,435,843 | -34% | 1,314 | -144 | $1,853 | $7,442,760 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Victor/Victoria | $2,382,802 | +13.3% | 611 | - | $3,899 | $5,572,435 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Deathtrap | $1,926,404 | -6.6% | 572 | +61 | $3,367 | $10,407,479 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Quest for Fire | $1,671,891 | -16.2% | 416 | +23 | $4,018 | $14,352,043 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,524,204 | -33.4% | 646 | -205 | $2,359 | $29,616,977 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Cat People | $1,502,216 | -7.1% | 570 | -30 | $2,635 | $3,912,099 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | A Little Sex | $972,975 | -5.5% | 550 | +50 | $1,769 | $2,370,376 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $864,497 | -39.8% | 428 | -232 | $2,019 | $5,533,532 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
