| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $21,806,376 | - | 1,101 | - | $19,805 | $21,806,376 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | $14,264,628 | -34% | 1,621 | - | $8,799 | $35,886,216 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Rocky III | $13,157,692 | -10.5% | 1,232 | +293 | $10,679 | $48,684,000 | 3 | United Artists | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Poltergeist | $9,126,323 | -12.8% | 890 | - | $10,254 | $19,587,090 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 5 | - | Grease 2 | $6,774,124 | - | 1,250 | - | $5,419 | $6,774,124 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Hanky Panky | $3,166,714 | -33.4% | 1,207 | -31 | $2,623 | $7,919,054 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Porky's | $3,002,645 | -15.1% | 1,068 | -228 | $2,811 | $93,071,906 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | $2,347,436 | -4.1% | 412 | -16 | $5,697 | $22,395,080 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Conan the Barbarian | $1,940,209 | -47.6% | 677 | -472 | $2,865 | $35,834,506 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Visiting Hours | $1,623,086 | -53.3% | 660 | -462 | $2,459 | $12,111,208 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | $1,396,695 | -50% | 470 | -100 | $2,971 | $16,959,911 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | $1,087,213 | -24.2% | 357 | -121 | $3,045 | $9,003,011 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Victor/Victoria | $1,039,795 | -12.4% | 460 | +12 | $2,260 | $21,933,614 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
