| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $10,824,119 | - | 1,277 | - | $8,476 | $10,824,119 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | On Golden Pond | $7,062,347 | -17.3% | 1,015 | +80 | $6,957 | $65,982,347 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Missing | $2,841,065 | - | 733 | - | $3,875 | $5,541,065 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Chariots of Fire | $2,775,098 | -8.1% | 447 | +5 | $6,208 | $21,056,619 | 25 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Evil Under the Sun | $1,782,043 | -20.4% | 564 | -45 | $3,159 | $4,022,043 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Death Wish II | $1,334,000 | - | 354 | -23 | $3,768 | $7,533,000 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $1,243,988 | -39.6% | 633 | -17 | $1,965 | $196,614,672 | 40 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Making Love | $1,114,264 | -23.8% | 379 | -1 | $2,940 | $10,938,115 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Arthur | $856,056 | -19.6% | 449 | -51 | $1,906 | $88,035,693 | 35 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Absence of Malice | $855,228 | -12% | 480 | -70 | $1,781 | $39,465,846 | 17 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Shoot the Moon | $764,366 | -38.6% | 355 | -95 | $2,153 | $7,070,222 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Taps | $578,669 | -38.5% | 543 | -32 | $1,065 | $35,856,053 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
