| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Porky's | - | - | - | $42,046,355 | 1,605 | $105,492,483 | Mar 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | On Golden Pond | - | - | - | $19,932,189 | 1,015 | $119,285,432 | Dec 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 3 | Some Kind of Hero | - | - | - | $19,318,331 | 975 | $23,671,186 | Apr 2 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 4 | Chariots of Fire | - | - | - | $17,272,598 | 810 | $58,972,904 | Sep 25 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 5 | Victor/Victoria | - | - | - | $11,144,442 | 615 | $28,215,453 | Mar 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 6 | Silent Rage | - | - | - | $10,490,791 | 1,458 | $10,490,791 | Apr 2 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 7 | Deathtrap | - | - | - | $9,392,028 | 603 | $19,282,134 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Quest for Fire | - | - | - | $8,604,485 | 426 | $20,959,585 | Feb 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | - | - | - | $8,375,978 | 1,277 | $36,299,720 | Mar 12 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 10 | Cat People | - | - | - | $7,000,000 | 600 | $7,000,000 | Apr 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | - | - | - | $4,521,071 | 662 | $6,968,359 | Mar 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Penitentiary II | - | - | - | $3,178,542 | 198 | $3,178,542 | Apr 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 13 | If You Could See What I Hear | - | - | - | $2,968,126 | 558 | $8,693,512 | Apr 23 | - | false |
| 14 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | - | - | - | $2,806,755 | 660 | $39,103,425 | Apr 23 | - | false |
| 15 | A Little Sex | - | - | - | $2,370,376 | 550 | $2,370,376 | Apr 2 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 16 | Personal Best | - | - | - | $2,191,861 | 236 | $5,672,311 | Feb 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | The Amateur | - | - | - | $649,422 | 437 | $6,892,098 | Feb 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Partners | - | - | - | $395,028 | 877 | $6,062,898 | Apr 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | Absence of Malice | - | - | - | $73,486 | 994 | $40,716,963 | Nov 20 | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 20 | Making Love | - | - | - | $38,110 | 380 | $11,897,978 | Feb 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
