| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Porky's | $8,862,262 | $6,511,216 | 73.5% | $2,351,046 | 26.5% | 1,544 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | On Golden Pond | $3,847,130 | $1,927,433 | 50.1% | $1,919,697 | 49.9% | 751 | 20 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | Chariots of Fire | $3,811,114 | $2,811,351 | 73.8% | $999,763 | 26.2% | 810 | 30 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Some Kind of Hero | $3,459,840 | $2,971,935 | 85.9% | $487,905 | 14.1% | 975 | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Victor/Victoria | $2,658,905 | $1,954,806 | 73.5% | $704,099 | 26.5% | 615 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 6 | Deathtrap | $2,015,987 | $1,538,693 | 76.3% | $477,294 | 23.7% | 603 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Silent Rage | $1,576,244 | $1,249,238 | 79.2% | $327,006 | 20.8% | 895 | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Quest for Fire | $1,573,652 | $1,146,686 | 72.9% | $426,966 | 27.1% | 401 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,514,252 | $1,129,682 | 74.6% | $384,570 | 25.4% | 670 | 6 | Columbia Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Cat People | $846,603 | $846,603 | 100% | $0 | - | 363 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $594,225 | $462,678 | 77.9% | $131,547 | 22.1% | 294 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
