| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Rocky III | $16,015,408 | - | 939 | - | $17,055 | $16,015,408 | 1 | United Artists | true | false |
| 2 | - | Visiting Hours | $5,250,157 | - | 1,176 | - | $4,464 | $5,250,157 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | - | Conan the Barbarian | $4,897,199 | - | 1,636 | - | $2,993 | $27,782,113 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | - | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $4,605,672 | - | 906 | - | $5,083 | $11,355,943 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | - | Porky's | $4,531,227 | - | 1,605 | - | $2,823 | $85,506,506 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | - | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,660,490 | - | 636 | - | $4,183 | $17,069,764 | - | - | - | false |
| 7 | - | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | $2,391,058 | - | 708 | - | $3,377 | $5,910,160 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | - | Chariots of Fire | $1,736,022 | - | 653 | - | $2,658 | $53,256,841 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | - | Victor/Victoria | $1,488,417 | - | 447 | - | $3,329 | $19,088,417 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 10 | - | Fighting Back | $1,213,461 | - | 800 | - | $1,516 | $3,016,496 | - | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | - | On Golden Pond | $771,239 | - | 346 | - | $2,229 | $106,463,649 | - | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | - | Annie | $767,277 | - | 14 | - | $54,805 | $1,575,484 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | - | Deathtrap | $562,300 | - | 267 | - | $2,105 | $18,592,765 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | - | Diner | $361,224 | - | 28 | - | $12,900 | $660,491 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | - | Quest for Fire | $319,218 | - | 184 | - | $1,734 | $20,959,585 | - | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 16 | - | Wrong Is Right | $293,968 | - | 194 | - | $1,515 | $3,379,569 | - | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | - | The Escape Artist | $23,323 | - | 2 | - | $11,661 | $23,323 | - | Warner Bros. | - | false |
