| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Conan the Barbarian | $9,458,890 | -29.5% | 1,683 | +288 | $5,620 | $22,884,914 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $6,750,271 | - | 882 | - | $7,653 | $6,750,271 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Porky's | $3,878,389 | -0.7% | 1,104 | -60 | $3,513 | $80,975,279 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Road Warrior | $3,519,102 | - | 704 | - | $4,998 | $3,519,102 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,054,246 | -24.6% | 630 | -30 | $3,260 | $14,409,274 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Chariots of Fire | $1,845,174 | -4.9% | 660 | -87 | $2,795 | $51,520,819 | 35 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Fighting Back | $1,803,035 | - | 1,104 | - | $1,633 | $1,803,035 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 8 | On Golden Pond | $1,436,552 | +1.5% | 297 | -123 | $4,836 | $105,848,453 | 25 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Victor/Victoria | $1,323,202 | -8.5% | 525 | -34 | $2,520 | $17,600,000 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | Wrong Is Right | $951,905 | -55.4% | 815 | -119 | $1,167 | $3,289,545 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Annie | $808,207 | - | 14 | - | $57,729 | $808,207 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | If You Could See What I Hear | $804,984 | -39.2% | 402 | -87 | $2,002 | $8,693,512 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 13 | 6 | Paradise | $737,549 | -54.6% | 500 | -462 | $1,475 | $5,588,800 | 3 | Embassy Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Deathtrap | $645,174 | -17.3% | 355 | -108 | $1,817 | $18,030,465 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Quest for Fire | $375,078 | -36.9% | 230 | -66 | $1,630 | $20,640,367 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
