| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $3,393,114 | -21.7% | 1,333 | -81 | $2,545 | $71,939,347 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Paradise | $2,815,503 | - | 1,147 | - | $2,454 | $2,815,503 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,648,919 | -35.4% | 660 | - | $4,013 | $9,630,208 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Chariots of Fire | $1,751,755 | +5% | 758 | -40 | $2,311 | $47,069,237 | 33 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 7 | Victor/Victoria | $1,369,148 | -0.8% | 578 | +19 | $2,368 | $14,231,463 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Partners | $1,344,524 | -42% | 848 | -29 | $1,585 | $4,109,724 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | If You Could See What I Hear | $1,329,880 | -25.5% | 541 | -17 | $2,458 | $6,221,344 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | On Golden Pond | $1,114,026 | -28.3% | 617 | -336 | $1,805 | $101,830,453 | 23 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Deathtrap | $745,888 | -7% | 533 | +16 | $1,399 | $16,331,075 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Quest for Fire | $590,751 | -7.2% | 309 | -31 | $1,911 | $19,425,528 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $534,647 | -39.9% | 433 | -230 | $1,234 | $34,020,924 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
