| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Superman III | $13,352,357 | - | 1,759 | - | $7,590 | $13,352,357 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $11,217,546 | -6.5% | 1,002 | - | $11,195 | $112,898,121 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Trading Places | $7,006,620 | -4.6% | 1,389 | +14 | $5,044 | $20,107,968 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Octopussy | $6,817,381 | -23.4% | 1,322 | +11 | $5,156 | $20,960,394 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | WarGames | $5,355,801 | +11% | 973 | +130 | $5,504 | $22,260,427 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Psycho II | $3,210,810 | -34.5% | 1,290 | -198 | $2,489 | $22,005,810 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Flashdance | $2,190,327 | +4.1% | 995 | -1 | $2,201 | $47,993,508 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Blue Thunder | $1,581,035 | -17.1% | 1,057 | -148 | $1,495 | $35,973,470 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Man with Two Brains | $977,925 | -39.3% | 809 | -394 | $1,208 | $8,191,503 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Tootsie | $730,908 | -22.9% | 640 | -83 | $1,142 | $174,141,310 | 27 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Breathless | $649,043 | -18.7% | 605 | -76 | $1,072 | $18,985,595 | 6 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Still Smokin | $620,902 | -13.3% | 485 | -57 | $1,280 | $14,457,559 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | My Tutor | $369,420 | -27.5% | 141 | -161 | $2,620 | $20,852,566 | 16 | Crown | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Valley Girl | $337,013 | -54.6% | 211 | -101 | $1,597 | $12,530,119 | 8 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
