| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $4,509,267 | +33.5% | 967 | - | $4,663 | $71,461,729 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $3,761,768 | +0.5% | 1,352 | -49 | $2,782 | $265,973,075 | 18 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | My Favorite Year | $2,400,696 | - | 714 | - | $3,362 | $2,783,008 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Amityville II: The Possession | $1,700,500 | -36% | 843 | -342 | $2,017 | $10,154,000 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $1,528,954 | -0.6% | 646 | -51 | $2,366 | $25,566,978 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $1,209,078 | -3.3% | 499 | -82 | $2,423 | $11,461,360 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $809,889 | -8.5% | 597 | -52 | $1,356 | $69,508,404 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Rocky III | $686,371 | +12.3% | 496 | -45 | $1,383 | $116,806,871 | 20 | United Artists | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | $604,795 | -26.2% | 300 | - | $2,015 | $2,052,439 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | - | Lookin' to Get Out | $528,559 | - | 303 | - | $1,744 | $528,559 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | - | The Last American Virgin | $527,198 | - | 158 | - | $3,336 | - | 10 | Cannon Film Distributors | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Tempest | $524,100 | -46.9% | 326 | -298 | $1,607 | $4,429,415 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
