| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $4,333,570 | -17.9% | 1,414 | -60 | $3,064 | $67,127,407 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 5 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $4,100,886 | +128% | 660 | +427 | $6,213 | $6,211,886 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 3 | - | Partners | $2,318,801 | - | 877 | - | $2,644 | $2,318,801 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | If You Could See What I Hear | $1,784,289 | -25.9% | 558 | +34 | $3,197 | $4,431,859 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $1,668,771 | -20% | 798 | -7 | $2,091 | $44,674,859 | 32 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | On Golden Pond | $1,554,184 | -8.3% | 953 | +209 | $1,630 | $100,254,343 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Victor/Victoria | $1,380,000 | -15.1% | 559 | -47 | $2,468 | $12,705,568 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Some Kind of Hero | $1,262,514 | -34.5% | 666 | -34 | $1,895 | $20,400,486 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $889,437 | +4.5% | 663 | +50 | $1,341 | $33,163,931 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Deathtrap | $802,113 | -28.4% | 517 | -84 | $1,551 | $15,321,876 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Quest for Fire | $636,244 | -33.5% | 340 | -86 | $1,871 | $18,569,158 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $173,102 | -37.8% | 181 | -77 | $956 | $6,968,359 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
