| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Big Chill | $3,552,493 | +1.1% | 826 | -4 | $4,300 | $33,217,097 | 8 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Amityville 3-D | $3,458,433 | - | 1,254 | - | $2,757 | $3,458,433 | 1 | Orion Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | A Christmas Story | $3,355,759 | - | 886 | - | $3,787 | $3,355,759 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Never Say Never Again | $3,031,611 | -10.6% | 1,045 | -174 | $2,901 | $45,931,704 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | A Night in Heaven | $2,744,008 | - | 901 | - | $3,045 | $2,744,008 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 6 | 5 | All the Right Moves | $2,287,761 | -19.6% | 823 | -85 | $2,779 | $13,469,072 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Richard Pryor... Here and Now | $1,955,487 | -34.9% | 791 | -373 | $2,472 | $14,243,144 | 4 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Deal of the Century | $1,581,040 | -44.6% | 965 | -261 | $1,638 | $8,830,265 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Dead Zone | $1,539,733 | -39.5% | 700 | -400 | $2,199 | $17,225,113 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Right Stuff | $1,437,225 | -13.8% | 229 | - | $6,276 | $9,303,397 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Educating Rita | $1,268,648 | -17.5% | 368 | -39 | $3,447 | $6,746,488 | 9 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Savage Islands | $1,161,940 | - | 925 | - | $1,256 | $1,161,940 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | Terms of Endearment | $1,091,189 | - | - | - | - | $1,091,189 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | - | Of Unknown Origin | $171,681 | - | - | - | - | $171,681 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
