| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Porky's | $7,109,725 | -19.8% | 1,474 | -70 | $4,823 | $62,793,837 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | On Golden Pond | $2,966,145 | -22.9% | 744 | -7 | $3,986 | $98,700,159 | 21 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Chariots of Fire | $2,861,132 | -24.9% | 805 | -5 | $3,554 | $43,006,088 | 31 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | If You Could See What I Hear | $2,647,570 | - | 524 | - | $5,052 | $2,647,570 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Some Kind of Hero | $2,564,874 | -25.9% | 700 | -275 | $3,664 | $19,137,972 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Victor/Victoria | $2,160,651 | -18.7% | 606 | -9 | $3,565 | $11,325,568 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,111,000 | - | 233 | - | $9,060 | $2,111,000 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Deathtrap | $1,439,515 | -28.6% | 601 | -2 | $2,395 | $14,519,763 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Quest for Fire | $1,362,580 | -13.4% | 426 | +25 | $3,198 | $17,932,914 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | $1,134,476 | -25.1% | 613 | -57 | $1,850 | $32,274,494 | 7 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Silent Rage | $634,646 | -59.7% | 651 | -244 | $974 | $10,490,791 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | $363,277 | -38.9% | 258 | -36 | $1,408 | $6,795,257 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
