| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $12,610,610 | +6.6% | 1,116 | +13 | $11,299 | $34,416,986 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Firefox | $8,152,948 | - | 881 | - | $9,254 | $8,152,948 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Rocky III | $6,313,576 | -23.2% | 1,232 | - | $5,124 | $54,997,576 | 4 | United Artists | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $6,231,736 | -33.8% | 1,508 | -113 | $4,132 | $42,117,952 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 15 | Annie | $5,312,062 | +1,316.7% | 1,102 | +1,088 | $4,820 | - | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Poltergeist | $4,709,044 | -12.5% | 911 | +21 | $5,169 | $24,296,134 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | - | Author! Author! | $2,279,260 | - | 504 | - | $4,522 | $2,279,260 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Grease 2 | $2,261,750 | -51.3% | 1,250 | - | $1,809 | $9,035,874 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $1,764,564 | -5% | 390 | -22 | $4,524 | $24,159,644 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Porky's | $1,718,871 | -17.2% | 1,019 | -49 | $1,686 | $94,790,777 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Hanky Panky | $1,057,415 | -53.1% | 776 | -431 | $1,362 | $8,976,469 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Conan the Barbarian | $869,808 | -33% | 687 | +10 | $1,266 | $36,704,314 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
