| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $11,127,915 | -0.8% | 1,302 | +300 | $8,546 | $132,694,063 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Superman III | $9,068,726 | -32.1% | 1,752 | -7 | $5,176 | $29,593,059 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Porky's II: The Next Day | $7,054,988 | - | 1,511 | - | $4,669 | $7,054,988 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $6,614,366 | - | 1,275 | - | $5,187 | $6,614,366 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Trading Places | $5,501,727 | -21.5% | 1,368 | -21 | $4,021 | $29,582,273 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Octopussy | $4,894,795 | -28.2% | 1,339 | +17 | $3,655 | $29,392,017 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | WarGames | $4,140,385 | -22.7% | 974 | +1 | $4,250 | $29,498,901 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Survivors | $3,044,927 | - | 1,006 | - | $3,026 | $3,044,927 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Flashdance | $1,804,916 | -17.6% | 785 | -210 | $2,299 | $51,361,490 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Psycho II | $1,687,935 | -47.4% | 859 | -431 | $1,965 | $26,147,832 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Yellowbeard | $1,564,155 | - | 761 | - | $2,055 | $1,564,155 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 8 | Blue Thunder | $1,063,756 | -32.7% | 770 | -287 | $1,381 | $37,806,273 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Tootsie | $589,250 | -19.4% | 640 | - | $920 | $175,149,889 | 28 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | The Man with Two Brains | $361,175 | -63.1% | 377 | -432 | $958 | $9,060,232 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Breathless | $305,271 | -53% | 269 | -336 | $1,134 | $19,910,002 | 7 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Still Smokin | $281,498 | -54.7% | 305 | -180 | $922 | $15,027,143 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Valley Girl | $272,160 | -19.2% | 162 | -49 | $1,680 | $12,935,796 | 9 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | My Tutor | $251,236 | -32% | 141 | - | $1,781 | $21,627,504 | 17 | Crown | false | false |
