| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | $16,795,389 | -13.8% | 1,296 | -6 | $12,959 | $157,834,658 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Superman III | $9,541,408 | -30% | 1,763 | +11 | $5,412 | $43,703,276 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 5 | Trading Places | $8,706,303 | -0.1% | 1,290 | -78 | $6,749 | $41,506,121 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | $7,611,114 | -26.6% | 1,288 | +13 | $5,909 | $17,979,212 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Porky's II: The Next Day | $7,298,923 | -32.5% | 1,564 | +53 | $4,666 | $18,116,044 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Octopussy | $6,887,236 | -10.2% | 1,328 | -11 | $5,186 | $39,052,135 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | WarGames | $6,295,751 | -6.4% | 977 | +3 | $6,443 | $38,382,998 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Stroker Ace | $5,886,571 | - | 1,385 | - | $4,250 | $5,886,571 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Survivors | $3,476,401 | -35.3% | 1,014 | +8 | $3,428 | $8,847,562 | 2 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Flashdance | $3,282,333 | +4.6% | 830 | +45 | $3,954 | $55,975,748 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Blue Thunder | $1,647,676 | -3.2% | 805 | +35 | $2,046 | $40,091,904 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Psycho II | $1,439,000 | -30.6% | 890 | +31 | $1,616 | $27,972,000 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Yellowbeard | $1,434,680 | -41.5% | 653 | -108 | $2,197 | $3,887,000 | 2 | Orion Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | My Tutor | $447,813 | -26.2% | 107 | -34 | $4,185 | $22,430,924 | 18 | Crown | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Valley Girl | $341,550 | -12.2% | 110 | -52 | $3,105 | $13,393,987 | 10 | Atlantic Releasing Corporation | false | false |
