| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Lone Wolf McQuade | $4,295,300 | - | 1,221 | - | $3,517 | $4,295,300 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Flashdance | $4,076,124 | - | 1,140 | - | $3,575 | $4,076,124 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Tootsie | $3,103,088 | -9.6% | 1,064 | -28 | $2,916 | $155,715,701 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 6 | Gandhi | $2,891,847 | +32.7% | 825 | +20 | $3,505 | $42,512,447 | 19 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Outsiders | $2,188,897 | -30.3% | 922 | -80 | $2,374 | $18,782,682 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Max Dugan Returns | $1,940,582 | -24.8% | 716 | -47 | $2,710 | $12,438,108 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Spring Break | $1,918,920 | -42.2% | 1,170 | -293 | $1,640 | $20,561,251 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Meaning of Life | $1,831,717 | -15.5% | 394 | +64 | $4,649 | $7,676,546 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,557,590 | +6.6% | 725 | -123 | $2,148 | $344,163,877 | 45 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | High Road to China | $1,530,168 | -40% | 849 | -313 | $1,802 | $23,088,247 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Sophie's Choice | $1,115,140 | - | 457 | - | $2,440 | $23,871,317 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | 48 Hrs. | $1,024,043 | - | 530 | - | $1,932 | $71,075,890 | 19 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Sword in the Stone | $1,005,674 | -26.1% | 614 | - | $1,637 | $9,131,576 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | My Tutor | $484,881 | -33.9% | 153 | -48 | $3,169 | $4,063,722 | 7 | Crown | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Local Hero | $389,580 | +33.7% | 80 | +39 | $4,869 | $1,362,294 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
