| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Conan the Barbarian | $9,603,139 | - | 1,395 | - | $6,883 | $9,603,139 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Porky's | $2,860,834 | -15.7% | 1,164 | -169 | $2,457 | $76,051,474 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,197,000 | -17.1% | 660 | - | $3,328 | $11,827,208 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Paradise | $1,451,632 | -48.4% | 962 | -185 | $1,508 | $4,678,847 | 2 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Wrong Is Right | $1,412,646 | - | 934 | - | $1,512 | $1,412,646 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $1,378,032 | -21.3% | 747 | -11 | $1,844 | $49,113,957 | 34 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Victor/Victoria | $1,185,550 | -13.4% | 559 | -19 | $2,120 | $16,016,573 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | If You Could See What I Hear | $990,155 | -25.5% | 489 | -52 | $2,024 | $7,553,806 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | On Golden Pond | $718,469 | -35.5% | 420 | -197 | $1,710 | $103,559,412 | 24 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Deathtrap | $572,352 | -23.3% | 463 | -70 | $1,236 | $17,177,510 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $462,796 | -13.4% | 438 | +5 | $1,056 | $34,549,996 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Quest for Fire | $379,301 | -35.8% | 296 | -13 | $1,281 | $20,050,296 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
