| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Whose Life Is It Anyway? | $6,106,145 | - | 615 | - | $9,928 | $8,206,145 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 2 | 16 | On Golden Pond | $6,054,139 | +27,470.2% | 534 | +531 | $11,337 | $7,290,237 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Absence of Malice | $2,792,778 | -47.5% | 965 | -29 | $2,894 | $28,165,526 | 10 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Taps | $2,638,483 | -20.7% | 792 | +103 | $3,331 | $25,760,448 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $2,105,075 | +3.5% | 740 | -56 | $2,844 | $184,228,519 | 33 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Vice Squad | $1,955,016 | - | - | - | - | $1,955,016 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | - | The Seduction | $1,895,542 | - | - | - | - | $1,895,542 | 1 | Embassy Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 3 | Sharky's Machine | $1,819,444 | -39.4% | 801 | -308 | $2,271 | $29,060,684 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | - | Private Lessons | $1,669,009 | - | 179 | - | $9,324 | $15,346,432 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Modern Problems | $1,581,396 | -39.2% | 797 | -209 | $1,984 | $23,226,895 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | Reds | $1,500,342 | -44.9% | 573 | -53 | $2,618 | $25,802,709 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | Ragtime | $1,064,247 | -39.4% | 350 | -69 | $3,040 | $14,048,247 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Neighbors | $860,066 | -48.4% | 550 | -360 | $1,563 | $28,050,356 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Arthur | $479,270 | -37.6% | 282 | -99 | $1,699 | $81,464,486 | 28 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Chariots of Fire | $371,178 | -22.4% | 36 | - | $10,310 | $5,326,974 | 18 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Rollover | $304,670 | -57.8% | 260 | -183 | $1,171 | $10,027,262 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
