| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $7,364,101 | +2% | 506 | -38 | $14,553 | $21,719,605 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Absence of Malice | $2,410,158 | -11.9% | 932 | -6 | $2,586 | $33,312,129 | 12 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 13 | Chariots of Fire | $2,207,223 | +249.9% | 283 | +213 | $7,799 | $8,165,101 | 20 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Taps | $2,136,574 | -10.1% | 763 | +22 | $2,800 | $30,273,559 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | Night Crossing | $1,814,230 | - | 640 | - | $2,834 | $1,814,230 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,703,137 | -10.2% | 732 | +51 | $2,326 | $187,827,723 | 35 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Sharky's Machine | $1,171,168 | -20.6% | 659 | -29 | $1,777 | $31,707,168 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Vice Squad | $1,160,714 | -52.7% | 396 | -114 | $2,931 | $5,568,880 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Private Lessons | $1,094,700 | -32.6% | 224 | +5 | $4,887 | $18,064,851 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Reds | $1,024,476 | -28.2% | 369 | -50 | $2,776 | $28,254,867 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | The Seduction | $844,810 | -60.7% | 476 | -121 | $1,774 | $4,888,270 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Das Boot | $8,399 | - | - | - | - | $8,399 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
