| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $11,417,883 | -6.1% | 1,532 | +48 | $7,452 | $46,821,850 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Some Kind of Hero | $6,050,217 | -14.3% | 975 | - | $6,205 | $13,113,258 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | On Golden Pond | $5,506,488 | -10.7% | 836 | -154 | $6,586 | $91,886,884 | 19 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Chariots of Fire | $4,919,708 | +2.1% | 753 | +200 | $6,533 | $36,333,842 | 29 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 9 | Victor/Victoria | $3,316,379 | +20.1% | 611 | - | $5,427 | $6,506,012 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Silent Rage | $3,272,984 | -34.6% | 1,314 | -144 | $2,490 | $8,279,901 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 8 | Deathtrap | $2,583,186 | -8.7% | 572 | +61 | $4,516 | $11,064,261 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 10 | Cat People | $2,438,454 | +1.2% | 570 | -30 | $4,277 | $4,848,337 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Quest for Fire | $2,316,530 | -18.7% | 416 | +23 | $5,568 | $14,996,682 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,532,993 | -51.6% | 646 | -205 | $2,373 | $29,625,766 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $1,168,720 | -41.2% | 428 | -232 | $2,730 | $5,837,755 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | A Little Sex | $972,975 | -30.4% | 550 | +50 | $1,769 | $2,370,376 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
