Domestic Box Office For August 1982
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday the 13th: Part 3 | $34,581,519 | 1,079 | $9,406,522 | 27.2% | 1,079 | Aug 13 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | $27,092,880 | 713 | $2,545,674 | 9.4% | 498 | Aug 13 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Pink Floyd: The Wall | $22,244,207 | 673 | - | - | - | Aug 13 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 4 | Things Are Tough All Over | $21,134,374 | 1,516 | $5,906,708 | 27.9% | 1,516 | Aug 6 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 5 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1982 Re-release | $15,476,785 | 1,070 | $3,766,803 | 24.3% | 1,070 | Aug 13 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 6 | The Beastmaster | $14,056,528 | 1,061 | $2,955,641 | 21% | 1,013 | Aug 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 7 | The Pirate Movie | $7,983,086 | 757 | $2,528,133 | 31.7% | 757 | Aug 6 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 8 | The Soldier | $6,328,816 | 488 | - | - | - | Aug 13 | - | Embassy Pictures |
| 9 | The Last American Virgin | $5,829,781 | 158 | - | - | - | Aug 6 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 10 | Homework | $2,914,328 | 262 | $1,366,535 | 46.9% | 262 | Aug 27 | - | Jensen Farley Pictures |
