| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $6,511,216 | -19.4% | 1,544 | +12 | $4,217 | $53,333,066 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Some Kind of Hero | $2,971,935 | -36.5% | 975 | - | $3,048 | $16,085,193 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,811,351 | -18.1% | 810 | +57 | $3,470 | $39,145,193 | 30 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Victor/Victoria | $1,954,806 | -18% | 615 | +4 | $3,178 | $8,460,818 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | On Golden Pond | $1,927,433 | -28.7% | 751 | -85 | $2,566 | $93,814,317 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Deathtrap | $1,538,693 | -20.1% | 603 | +31 | $2,551 | $12,602,954 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Silent Rage | $1,249,238 | -48.7% | 895 | -419 | $1,395 | $9,529,139 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Quest for Fire | $1,146,686 | -31.4% | 401 | -15 | $2,859 | $16,143,368 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,129,682 | -25.9% | 670 | +24 | $1,686 | $30,755,448 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Cat People | $846,603 | -43.6% | 363 | -207 | $2,332 | $5,694,940 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $462,678 | -46.5% | 294 | -134 | $1,573 | $6,300,433 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
