| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | First Blood | $4,565,972 | -31.3% | 907 | +6 | $5,034 | $13,746,633 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | $3,338,257 | -47.3% | 1,328 | +31 | $2,513 | $11,024,780 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Class Reunion | $3,086,525 | - | 1,121 | - | $2,753 | $3,086,525 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | 5 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $2,769,252 | -14.6% | 1,120 | -80 | $2,472 | $278,565,874 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $2,511,645 | -25.8% | 1,050 | - | $2,392 | $83,096,446 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Monsignor | $2,237,658 | -38.4% | 885 | +28 | $2,528 | $6,971,450 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | My Favorite Year | $1,481,129 | -13.2% | 541 | -91 | $2,737 | $9,815,529 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | It Came from Hollywood | $1,095,003 | - | 650 | - | $1,684 | $1,095,003 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | - | Poltergeist | $1,003,019 | - | 879 | - | $1,141 | - | 22 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Jinxed! | $513,739 | -57.5% | 843 | -34 | $609 | $2,133,621 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $249,752 | -42.8% | 233 | -66 | $1,071 | $13,498,065 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Rocky III | $245,234 | -24.7% | 249 | -94 | $984 | $118,342,924 | 23 | United Artists | false | false |
