| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | $9,406,522 | - | 1,079 | - | $8,717 | $9,406,522 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $8,448,840 | -11.3% | 1,778 | +210 | $4,751 | $201,968,592 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $5,019,863 | +50.8% | 719 | +373 | $6,981 | $16,974,643 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $4,445,997 | -29.3% | 1,401 | -19 | $3,173 | $48,081,292 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1982 Re-release | $3,766,803 | - | 1,070 | - | $3,520 | $3,766,803 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | 3 | Things Are Tough All Over | $3,649,721 | -38.2% | 1,503 | -13 | $2,428 | $13,385,722 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $2,545,674 | - | 498 | - | $5,111 | $2,545,674 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 10 | The World According to Garp | $2,351,928 | +33.2% | 521 | +153 | $4,514 | $13,952,712 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Night Shift | $1,756,377 | -23% | 610 | -57 | $2,879 | $9,523,018 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Rocky III | $1,710,820 | -29% | 849 | -175 | $2,015 | $103,689,153 | 12 | United Artists | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Young Doctors in Love | $1,461,193 | -29.1% | 549 | -179 | $2,661 | $20,437,923 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Poltergeist | $1,425,480 | -25.1% | 699 | -106 | $2,039 | $60,647,035 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 13 | 5 | The Pirate Movie | $1,263,431 | -50% | 641 | -116 | $1,971 | $5,389,520 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Forced Vengeance | $1,154,848 | +4.1% | 571 | -5 | $2,022 | $3,625,348 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
