| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | First Blood | $6,086,720 | -8.1% | 902 | -5 | $6,748 | $21,892,200 | 3 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $4,211,665 | +12.2% | 1,110 | -10 | $3,794 | $283,763,623 | 22 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | An Officer and a Gentleman | $3,882,643 | +9% | 998 | -52 | $3,890 | $88,028,884 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Class Reunion | $2,996,462 | -28.8% | 1,125 | +4 | $2,663 | $7,204,133 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Missionary | $2,578,997 | - | 532 | - | $4,847 | $2,578,997 | 1 | Columbia Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 6 | Monsignor | $2,031,550 | -34.2% | 724 | -161 | $2,806 | $9,853,994 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | My Favorite Year | $1,793,391 | -5.2% | 559 | +18 | $3,208 | $12,018,888 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Man from Snowy River | $1,486,321 | - | 158 | - | $9,407 | $1,486,321 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 3 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | $1,124,853 | -72% | 1,064 | -264 | $1,057 | $12,827,446 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | It Came from Hollywood | $679,855 | -51.8% | 550 | -100 | $1,236 | $2,091,037 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Poltergeist | $552,946 | - | 323 | -556 | $1,711 | $73,652,830 | 23 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $402,746 | +0.8% | 221 | -12 | $1,822 | $14,050,720 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
