| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $8,862,262 | -22.4% | 1,544 | +12 | $5,739 | $55,684,112 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | On Golden Pond | $3,847,130 | -30.1% | 751 | -85 | $5,122 | $95,734,014 | 20 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Chariots of Fire | $3,811,114 | -22.5% | 810 | +57 | $4,705 | $40,144,956 | 30 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Some Kind of Hero | $3,459,840 | -42.8% | 975 | - | $3,548 | $16,573,098 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Victor/Victoria | $2,658,905 | -19.8% | 615 | +4 | $4,323 | $9,164,917 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 6 | 7 | Deathtrap | $2,015,987 | -22% | 603 | +31 | $3,343 | $13,080,248 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Silent Rage | $1,576,244 | -51.8% | 895 | -419 | $1,761 | $9,856,145 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Quest for Fire | $1,573,652 | -32.1% | 401 | -15 | $3,924 | $16,570,334 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,514,252 | -1.2% | 670 | +24 | $2,260 | $31,140,018 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Cat People | $846,603 | -65.3% | 363 | -207 | $2,332 | $5,694,940 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $594,225 | -49.2% | 294 | -134 | $2,021 | $6,431,980 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
