| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $5,280,637 | -18.9% | 1,474 | -70 | $3,582 | $60,964,749 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | If You Could See What I Hear | $2,408,000 | - | 524 | - | $4,595 | $2,408,000 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,085,480 | -25.8% | 805 | -5 | $2,590 | $42,230,436 | 31 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Some Kind of Hero | $1,927,116 | -35.2% | 700 | -275 | $2,753 | $18,500,214 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,798,879 | - | 233 | - | $7,720 | $1,798,879 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | On Golden Pond | $1,694,235 | -12.1% | 744 | -7 | $2,277 | $97,428,249 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Victor/Victoria | $1,624,868 | -16.9% | 606 | -9 | $2,681 | $10,789,785 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Deathtrap | $1,119,752 | -27.2% | 601 | -2 | $1,863 | $14,200,000 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Quest for Fire | $956,555 | -16.6% | 426 | +25 | $2,245 | $17,526,889 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $851,275 | -24.6% | 613 | -57 | $1,388 | $31,991,293 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Silent Rage | $634,646 | -49.2% | 651 | -244 | $974 | $10,490,791 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $278,163 | -39.9% | 258 | -36 | $1,078 | $6,710,143 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
