| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Conan the Barbarian | - | - | - | $27,058,566 | 1,683 | $39,565,475 | May 14 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | Porky's | - | - | - | $20,535,990 | 1,605 | $105,492,483 | Mar 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 3 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | - | - | - | $13,425,651 | 660 | $39,103,425 | Apr 23 | - | false |
| 4 | Rocky III | - | - | - | $11,903,956 | 1,317 | $124,146,897 | May 28 | United Artists | false |
| 5 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | - | - | - | $10,189,427 | 906 | $18,196,170 | May 21 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 6 | Chariots of Fire | - | - | - | $9,391,495 | 810 | $58,972,904 | Sep 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | On Golden Pond | - | - | - | $7,344,263 | 1,015 | $119,285,432 | Dec 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Victor/Victoria | - | - | - | $7,259,163 | 615 | $28,215,453 | Mar 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 9 | Missing | - | - | - | $6,095,793 | 733 | $14,000,000 | Feb 12 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | If You Could See What I Hear | - | - | - | $5,725,384 | 558 | $8,693,512 | Apr 23 | - | false |
| 11 | Partners | - | - | - | $5,667,866 | 877 | $6,062,898 | Apr 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 12 | Paradise | - | - | - | $5,588,800 | 1,147 | $5,588,800 | May 7 | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 13 | Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | - | - | - | $5,212,090 | 708 | $23,667,907 | May 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Some Kind of Hero | - | - | - | $4,352,854 | 975 | $23,671,186 | Apr 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 15 | Visiting Hours | - | - | - | $4,005,636 | 1,176 | $13,258,670 | May 28 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | - | - | - | $3,852,109 | 1,277 | $36,299,720 | Mar 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 17 | Deathtrap | - | - | - | $3,748,312 | 603 | $19,282,134 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Wrong Is Right | - | - | - | $3,085,601 | 934 | $3,583,513 | May 14 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 19 | Quest for Fire | - | - | - | $2,578,612 | 426 | $20,959,585 | Feb 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 20 | Fighting Back | - | - | - | $2,496,439 | 1,104 | $3,355,948 | May 21 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 21 | Annie | - | - | - | $1,342,679 | 1,102 | $57,059,003 | May 21 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 22 | Diner | - | - | - | $561,339 | 30 | $14,099,953 | Mar 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 23 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | - | - | - | $148,368 | 662 | $6,968,359 | Mar 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | The Escape Artist | - | - | - | $23,323 | 2 | $143,369 | May 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
