| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $17,129,694 | -25.6% | 1,002 | - | $17,095 | $70,040,387 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | - | Psycho II | $8,310,244 | - | 1,448 | - | $5,739 | $8,310,244 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | WarGames | $6,227,804 | - | 843 | - | $7,387 | $6,227,804 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Man with Two Brains | $3,498,931 | - | 1,203 | - | $2,908 | $3,498,931 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | - | Blue Thunder | $3,208,259 | - | 1,416 | - | $2,265 | $30,420,065 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Flashdance | $3,008,173 | - | 1,029 | - | $2,923 | $40,809,874 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | $1,522,540 | - | 1,062 | - | $1,433 | $15,505,351 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Breathless | $1,491,457 | - | 892 | - | $1,672 | $16,736,249 | 4 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Chained Heat | $1,346,134 | - | 417 | - | $3,228 | $4,917,306 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 10 | - | Tootsie | $1,279,134 | - | 775 | - | $1,650 | $171,541,171 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Valley Girl | $1,212,747 | - | 427 | - | $2,840 | $10,838,142 | 6 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 12 | - | Still Smokin | $1,121,675 | - | 637 | - | $1,760 | $12,417,151 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $1,053,934 | -26.7% | 677 | -120 | $1,556 | $352,905,920 | 52 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | My Tutor | $772,582 | - | 439 | - | $1,759 | $18,171,954 | 14 | Crown | false | false |
