| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Porky's | - | - | - | $105,492,483 | 1,605 | $7,623,988 | 7.2% | 1,148 | Mar 19 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 2 | Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | - | - | - | $36,299,720 | 1,277 | $7,780,693 | 21.4% | 1,277 | Mar 12 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 3 | Victor/Victoria | - | - | - | $28,215,453 | 615 | $139,634 | 0.5% | 3 | Mar 19 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 4 | Quest for Fire | - | - | - | $20,959,585 | 426 | - | - | - | Feb 12 | Jun 3 | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 5 | Deathtrap | - | - | - | $19,282,134 | 603 | $2,238,977 | 11.6% | 341 | Mar 19 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Death Wish II | - | - | - | $16,100,000 | 377 | - | - | - | Feb 19 | - | Filmways Pictures | false |
| 7 | Diner | - | - | - | $14,099,953 | 30 | - | - | - | Mar 5 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 8 | Missing | - | - | - | $14,000,000 | 733 | - | - | - | Feb 12 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 9 | Vice Squad | - | - | - | $13,253,583 | 510 | - | - | - | Jan 22 | - | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 10 | Making Love | - | - | - | $11,897,978 | 380 | $3,015,497 | 25.3% | 363 | Feb 12 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 11 | The Seduction | - | - | - | $11,378,339 | 597 | - | - | - | Jan 22 | - | Embassy Pictures | false |
| 12 | Das Boot | - | - | - | $10,915,250 | 2 | $26,994 | 0.2% | 2 | Feb 10 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 13 | Shoot the Moon | - | - | - | $9,217,530 | 585 | - | - | - | Jan 22 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 14 | Night Crossing | - | - | - | $8,000,000 | 640 | $1,547,912 | 19.3% | 640 | Feb 5 | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Beast Within | - | - | - | $7,742,572 | 550 | $1,250,000 | 16.1% | 550 | Feb 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 16 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | - | - | - | $6,968,359 | 662 | $2,170,397 | 31.1% | 662 | Mar 26 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 17 | The Amateur | - | - | - | $6,892,098 | 437 | - | - | - | Feb 12 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 18 | The Border | - | - | - | $6,118,683 | 888 | $516,014 | 8.4% | 84 | Jan 29 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 19 | Evil Under the Sun | - | - | - | $6,110,000 | 609 | $1,690,774 | 27.7% | 609 | Mar 5 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Personal Best | - | - | - | $5,672,311 | 236 | - | - | - | Feb 5 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Cannery Row | - | - | - | $5,301,539 | 700 | $1,500,000 | 28.3% | 700 | Feb 12 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 22 | Venom | - | - | - | $5,229,643 | 900 | - | - | - | Jan 29 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 23 | A Stranger Is Watching | - | - | - | $2,519,559 | - | - | - | - | Jan 22 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 24 | Barbarosa | - | - | - | $1,736,123 | 187 | $285,312 | 16.4% | 187 | Feb 19 | - | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | I, the Jury | - | - | - | $1,515,578 | - | - | - | - | Jan 9 | - | 20th Century Fox | false |
| 26 | One from the Heart | - | - | - | $636,796 | 41 | $389,249 | 61.1% | 41 | Feb 12 | - | Columbia Pictures | false |
| 27 | The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time | - | - | - | $524,203 | - | - | - | - | Mar 3 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 28 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | - | - | - | $291,390 | - | - | - | - | Mar 5 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 29 | Love & Money | - | - | - | $14,009 | - | - | - | - | Feb 12 | - | Paramount Pictures | false |
